Category Archives: Books

Yo Yo Yiggity Yo

Posted on March 3, 2014 by guiltyfeat

Three nights in Barcelona. Three different kosher restaurants. Who knew? Truth is, I don’t usually eat out every night. There were extenuating circumstances. Kinda. Day 1 – Delicias I ate here last year. I thought it was the only kosher … Continue reading →

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Good Soldier, Good Soldier

Posted on February 18, 2014 by guiltyfeat

Bunked off yoga as I’m still trying to shake this respiratory infection. Antibiotics seem to have kicked in although I’m still getting those coughing fits twice a day where my visual aperture shrinks to a dot and all I can … Continue reading →

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Can’t You See I’m Burning Burning?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by guiltyfeat

Publishers like genres. It tells them how they should market the books on their lists and it also helps them set expectations. Genre was the reason Jo Rowling was told she’d never receive a penny beyond her advance for her … Continue reading →

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Hit Me With Your Laser Beams

Posted on January 12, 2014 by guiltyfeat

In my recent review of the first top 40 chart of 1984, I missed out one key fact. The title of the highest climber in the first chart of the year that leapt from 35 to no. 6. Back in … Continue reading →

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30 Years Later

Posted on January 1, 2014 by guiltyfeat

It’s been a long time, I shouldn’ta left you. Without a dope beat to step to. January 1st, 2014. Perfectly sandwiched between ‘20 years ago today‘ and Forty Years On, it’s time to celebrate the annus mirabilis that was Nineteen … Continue reading →

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The Dowager Duchess

Posted on September 13, 2010 by guiltyfeat

I’ve just read this fascinating interview with the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire in The Guardian. The Duchess is the last of the Mitford sisters–a set with which I was only peripherally familiar.  Still a life on the interwebs means I’m … Continue reading →

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Dork Scratchings

Posted on September 7, 2010 by guiltyfeat

I just finished reading King Dork by Frank Portman. Frank Portman is the lead singer and songwriter for a pop-punk band called The Mr. T Experience that I have never heard of and I’ve heard of a lot of bands … Continue reading →

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Wolf Hall and the Man Booker Prize

Posted on August 29, 2010 by guiltyfeat

In the past 41 years, 43 books have been awarded the Booker Prize, now called the Man Booker Prize. As of last night, I have read 27 of the 43 which is a pretty fair hit rate. Of the last … Continue reading →

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Me An’ McEwan

Posted on July 23, 2010 by guiltyfeat

First up, here’s something to listen to while you’re reading this. Just hit play and then you can continue scrolling. If you had told me in my 20s that I would be buying Ian McEwan’s new releases in hardback to … Continue reading →

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Interview With Alan Moore

Posted on July 13, 2010 by guiltyfeat

I just read a great new interview with the mage of Northampton, Alan Moore. The full text of the interview is here: http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/alan-moore.html.

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