Random books from Phethean's library
Winnie the Pooh (Wisdom of Pooh S.) by A.A. Milne
A Weaver's Life: Ethel Mairet, 1872-1952 by Margot Coatts
Tintern Abbey (CADW Guidebooks) by David M. Robinson
The Writer's Retreat Kit: A Guide for Creative Exploration and Personal Expression by Judy Reeves
Till We Meet Again by Lesley Pearse
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
John Constable: The Man and His Art by Ronald Parkinson
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About meMy name is Shani and I am a legal PA and author based in Bristol, United Kingdom.
About my libraryI have so much to do, reading really isn't getting the priority it deserves in my life.
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Currently readingSolace by Nicci Gerrard
How Will I Know by Sheila O'Flanagan






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posted by PeterMuir at 5:52 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2007
posted by Phethean at 3:38 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2006
all about…..?
I read this on the back of Lucy English’s previous novel Children of Light – which I had found excellent. I found the first few pages very interesting and set the scene well… then we went off on a journey around and through a number of characters, none of which I was particularly sympathetic or even interested in. They were predictable cardboard cut outs…Downward spiral to tragedy…the death scene was thrown away, and I still expected the hero/villain to appear at the end of the book. Boring and trite. BCID: 592-3534079
posted by Phethean at 9:35 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2006
“Now let us return to….” Or “We will hear about that later” The Narrator (which on the last page we discover was in fact the author talking through her psychotherapist, or some sort of excuse vaguely familiar… The author should have been renamed Margaret Dribble. She does though explain her difficulties with sorting out who should tell the story and how she had a difficult relationship with her Mother, on whom the book is based. There were some lovely phrases - very poetic snippets running through the tale... but that was the only thing to its credit I warn you.
posted by Phethean at 9:34 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2006
Even though there were sentences and expressions within, which I found to be very insightful, I found the whole experience of reading the book a terrible chore.
It basically was the life history of three generations of women, seen through their eyes. Their life's were full of self-inflicted grief, and it really was an account of how they got themselves into scrapes and out again, mostly involving men, and a baby thrown in for good measure (not to mention the death from meningitus).
It isn't a book I would recommend, I only finished it because I set myself the task, which felt more like hard labour, and because I met the author, who I found very interesting, unlike her tale - which appears was loosely biographical tales from her family. I also took it's promise on the cover at face value...
"Everything will be alright" - well I wished it had been, but unfortunately it wasn't. Shani 21.09.06
posted by Phethean at 4:25 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2006
I see you've got one book listed, so you're well on your way. I hear you about the not getting enough time to read . . . I tend to sneak away 20 or 30 minutes before bed when the little ones have actually fallen asleep in their own beds :)
I will be watching as your library grows. One of the groups I joined is just a running list of posts of what people are reading right now. I've already added a couple of titles to my "To read" list, so you might want to check that out. I always have a stack of books in waiting anyway, what's a few more?!
Looking forward to sharing yet another passion with you, Shani. It has been so wonderful meeting you and conversing these past few weeks - and to think I was afraid of getting too involved with this whole internet thing ... Now I can't stop!!!
posted by nfoskett521 at 5:59 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2006