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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Book of the Year: Backpack & They Both Die at the End Two books have defined my year. The first is Backpack by Emily Barr, which was actually published about 15 years ago. It’s about a girl who goes backpacking in South East Asia, and I found […]
I have my first ever work Christmas lunch this afternoon, which means 2017 is fast ending and I am gearing up for my annual hibernation. Before I do, though, I have to finish the Indifferent Ignorance Awards 2017. This year’s awards are trickier than I thought they would be, because there is almost too much […]
Here we go again… Record of the Year My stereo has been home to two CDs more than any others this year: Chantal Claret’s Battles of a Heavy Heart, which if God existed would be available in all good music shops with a world tour. As it is you can buy it directly from Chantal’s site […]
This year has some new categories and tough competition! Books of the Year I’ve stopped trying to pick one. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, which I thought was going to be about whiny teenagers and is actually a lovely story about twins with great names who go to university in Nebraska. One of them writes a fanfiction that […]
They aren’t in June 2014! Book of the Year This one was tough… A Thousand Splendid Suns, We Need to Talk About Kevin, my John’s Gospel commentary by AM Hunter… No really, you should compare Hunter to some of the others. Little tip, scholars: when it comes to sentences, less is almost always more. That […]
This is just a quick post while I’m thinking about it (I’ll reply to comments tomorrow): I was being reasonably serious about nominations for the Indifferent Ignorance awards. It’s Boxing Day in a month – I know – which means 2014 is creeping nearer, and 2013 deserves to go out with if not a bang […]
