Category Archives: thoughtpinions

Thoughts: Learning to Drive, and other life stories, by Katha Pollitt

Posted on 12 January 2017 by Dove

I really wasn’t expecting this one to be anything special. I put it on the list because we got the film at Sneak sometime in 2015 (arghhh so behind) but I knew it was based on a short piece and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The China Coin by Allan Baillie

Posted on 8 January 2017 by Dove

You know how some books just stick in your head, even if you haven’t read them? The China Coin was one of those for me. I don’t know how old I was, but it was at one of our school’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

Posted on 6 January 2017 by Dove

It’s that time of the year, with a fresh Christmas haul and before work starts again for the year, where if you’re not looking directly at me, I’m hibernating somewhere with a book. This one is going to be a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen

Posted on 5 January 2017 by Dove

New year, new attempts to hit those old resolutions! Namely, to record my thoughts about the books I read. I tried throwing out my thoughts on Twitter, and while at first I quite enjoyed tearing 140-character pieces off my thoughts … Continue reading →

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Poem about how hot it is #1

Posted on 18 August 2015 by Dove

It’s been a while. It’s been so long, in fact, that it’s no longer particularly hot in Frankfurt (though it will return to your regularly scheduled 28 degrees this weekend, apparently). Let’s start with a recommendation of actual good poetry, … Continue reading →

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Surprise Poem! and unsurprising recc

Posted on 3 July 2015 by Dove

So, I finished Burger’s Daughter by Nadine Gordimer last night. My initial impressions were unchanged – it’s a great, nuanced, complex story about identity. About how our upbringings shape who we are and who we want to be and who … Continue reading →

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Poem – no recc

Posted on 25 June 2015 by Dove

I only have one more poem to share from this session. After this I’ll no doubt start moving some other old stuff over here though. No recommendations today, as I just finished Grey and although I appreciated the closure on … Continue reading →

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Penultimate Poem and Review

Posted on 21 June 2015 by Dove

Time to post the second-last of my poetry binge. Try not to be too sad. Before that though, I have this much-vaunted reading list which is like my actual child right now. I’m never going to get to the end … Continue reading →

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City of Bones – Chapter 10 part 2

Posted on 25 June 2013 by Dove

Hello! You may (but will probably not) be interested to know that I have a Tumblr now, in which I reblog things and put up cross stitch pictures and things. Please keep in mind that I am really not very … Continue reading →

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City of Bones – Chapter 10 part 1

Posted on 25 May 2013 by Dove

Long time no see etc. I’ve been a bit scatty lately (more than usual, I KNOW!) because I’ve been moving all my stuff from one computer to another, an experience not unlike moving house. I originally came to Germany thinking, … Continue reading →

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