January 2014

Swimming home (on Kindle)
Is it a bear? is it a plane? No! It's Kitty fucking Finch and she's in your swimming pool. The poet Joe Jacobs is relaxing in a villa in France with his family and friends, when a naked girl appears...
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Audiobook: The View on the Way Down
The View on the way down is about depression and suicide. And more than that it is the effects of depression and suicide on a family. For subject matter that some would consider taboo, it read to me as a...
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I can stop hating Apple so much
I've started noticing the appearance of some Android apps that I can't install on my phone. It turns out that the OS on my phone won't be getting any further updates. http://www.neowin.net/news/htc-officially-stops-one-s-updates-barely-a-year-after-launch This has been driving me crazy with the...
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Audiobook review: Eleanor and Park
I'm slightly inspired by the new look of my blog to try and start posting regularly again. Even if it's just reviews of Audiobooks. And even if just very quick thoughts - rather than full blown reviews. -- I can't...
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My 10 favourite books of 2013
I'm not being too strict this year...  a couple of these were not published in 2013. Books 10 to 2, could easily be jumbled around in order, but number 1 slot was a clear winner this year.  TransAtlantic - McCann, Colum...
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