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“It was salutory to remember, I told myself, that writers and other creative artists do not relish other people’s ideas. They usually have more than enough of their own, and well-meant suggestions only add to the burden of their already over-stocked minds.” Miss Read, Farewell to Fairacre (1993)
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Category Archives: Adventure
Am writing, am reading, am really really busy
12 days into November, and I’m on track to finish NaNoWriMo well ahead of the deadline. It’s amazing how much I can accomplish when I have to. The reason I have to: I start a 2½-week trip on 24 November, … Continue reading
There’s more than one kind of wolf
Today’s Witch Week post, from my WW2019 co-host, Chris at Calmgrove, is all about the despicable and heinous, the selfish and greedy — the altogether dreadful villains of Joan Aiken’s Wolves Chronicles. Whether you know Aiken’s series well, or are … Continue reading
R.I.P. XIV, part 2
As promised, a second post for R(eaders) I(mbibing) P(eril) XIV, a celebration of any genre that raises the hairs on the back of your neck. Four books, 2 of which also fit into my celebration of Herman Melville’s 200th birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Am reading, Biography, Fantasy, Gothic, Mystery, RIP, Seafaring
Tagged Avi, Edgar Allan Poe, Marilynne Robinson, Mat Johnson, Peter Ackroyd
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A well-governed shark
It’s time for another progress report on my reading-the-sea project. For this post, I had planned to include notes on Melville’s Billy Budd, but I’ve been busy having fun instead — fun reading other books, that is, so BB will … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Am reading, Classic, History, Seafaring
Tagged Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Nathaniel Philbrick, Robert Kraske
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Quiet Backwaters
The novels featured in today’s brief post (another for my Melville bicentennial celebration) are set on rivers. Two are classics, and the third deserves to be. I’ve read all three before, but they fit so neatly into my on-the-water theme … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Am reading, Animal tales, Humorous, Seafaring
Tagged Connie Willis, Jerome K Jerome, Kenneth Grahame
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