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    NEW BOOKS!
    Robyn
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    NEW BOOKS!

    I went into a bookshop today. This didn’t use to be a notable thing, but then the world isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Pop asked...
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    BABY GEEK
    Robyn
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    BABY GEEK

    That would be me - not the actual baby. Although this is a picture of the baby being geeked which I know is off topic, but she's so...
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    READING MATERIAL 38 WEEKS AND COUNTING.
    Robyn
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    READING MATERIAL 38 WEEKS AND COUNTING.

    ELIZABETH TAYLOR, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont. Tomorrow is 39 weeks. There is still no baby. Well, there is a baby, but she is still...
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    A COUPLE OF BOOKS
    Robyn
    • Dec 21, 2018
    • 4 min

    A COUPLE OF BOOKS

    Penelope Lively - again - How it all Began & Roald Dahl's My Uncle Oswald Sometimes there are days that are just a bit less hard. ...
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    HEAT WAVE
    Robyn
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    HEAT WAVE

    PENELOPE LIVELY This year has not been the year of the many books - for some reason I seem to have picked stupidly long books and then...
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    THE CAMOMILE LAWN
    Robyn
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 4 min

    THE CAMOMILE LAWN

    Mary Wesley just did not write enough books. A couple of years ago Waterstones told me to buy The Camomile Lawn.  I don't always do what...
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    A LITTLE BIT OF KITCHEN SCIENCE
    Robyn
    • Aug 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    A LITTLE BIT OF KITCHEN SCIENCE

    Grandma sent us a book. Sally is always excited by post that is addressed to her, and a big book of activities was indeed an exciting...
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    OF HUMAN BONDAGE
    Robyn
    • Jul 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    OF HUMAN BONDAGE

    Love Somerset Maugham - finally got round to reading his long one. I developed a bit of a Somerset Maugham obsession a few years ago - I...
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    ONE HUNDRED BOOKS
    Robyn
    • May 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    ONE HUNDRED BOOKS

    Another list? A list of a 100 brilliant books by women has just been published for this year's Hay Literary Festival. I had a look...
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    TO SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND
    Robyn
    • Mar 26, 2018
    • 3 min

    TO SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND

    Blake and Huxley. "To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity...
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    BEAUTIFUL (FANTASTIC) BOOKS
    Robyn
    • Mar 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    BEAUTIFUL (FANTASTIC) BOOKS

    THE FANTASTIC FLYING JOURNEY AND THE FANTASTIC DINOSAUR ADVENTURE Some of the things you remember from your childhood aren't quite as...
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    INTERNATIONALLY AWESOME WOMEN
    Robyn
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    INTERNATIONALLY AWESOME WOMEN

    I'm a day late, but then so was the parcel. Women and books - what more could you want? I love this series. We are trying to raise a...
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    A LITTLE BIT OF MYTH
    Robyn
    • Mar 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    A LITTLE BIT OF MYTH

    I expect this is going to sound snobby... I needed an antidote to the relentless and somewhat nonsensical carnage of the last of the 5th...
    7 views0 comments
    THE 5TH WAVE
    Robyn
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    THE 5TH WAVE

    Humn. I find myself somewhat ambivalent. I quite enjoyed the film, but the book less so - perhaps it was going back over the same thing...
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    FROM AESCHYLUS TO ATWOOD
    Robyn
    • Feb 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    FROM AESCHYLUS TO ATWOOD

    A note on the title of my blog. By training I'm a Classicist, but by day I mostly teach (and let's be honest, read) English - so these...
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    THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS
    Robyn
    • Feb 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS

    JOHN WYNDAM Really good! I like to have the occasional author binge - the current object is John Wyndham. I read the Day of the Triffids...
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    THE LAST MAN
    Robyn
    • Jan 26, 2018
    • 3 min

    THE LAST MAN

    OR Can you make it to the last page? Almost a year ago I started a course on Dystopian fiction through Oxford University's Continuing...
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