Category Archives: Books

Tipping the Velvet

Posted on Thursday 15 July 2010 by Hazel

I saw Jodhi May in something today and suddenly got an urge to watch her in the TV version  of Sarah Waters’ Tipping the Velvet. I bunged in the DVD and starting watching it from when Florence (played by May) … Continue reading →

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Random quote #4

Posted on Thursday 30 April 2009 by Hazel

I don’t need the money. Not needing the money puts me in a magical place because I can say no. I like the idea of having good movies made or having no movies made. Neil Gaiman on The Anansi Boys, … Continue reading →

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Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on Sunday 22 March 2009 by Hazel

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. –Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar. in Following the Equator by Mark Twain (1897) I really enjoyed this film starring one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Margaret Atwood

Posted on Wednesday 18 March 2009 by Hazel

“I’m a reader of science fiction and fantasy” – Margaret Atwood in Ursula Le Guin at 80 BBC Radio 4 17th March 2009 at 11:30 I thought at first (due to her accent) that Margaret was confessing to be a … Continue reading →

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Tagged

Posted on Thursday 14 February 2008 by Hazel

I got this from maurinsky: Here’s the deal: 1. Grab the nearest book (that is at least 123 pages long). 2. Open to p. 123. 3. Go down to the 5th sentence. 4. Type in the following 3 sentences. 5. … Continue reading →

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What is up with The Guardian?

Posted on Wednesday 9 January 2008 by Hazel

The Guardian‘s blogging editorial policy seems determined to be as divisive as possible regarding gender. The Guardian used to be one of my quick links but recently I removed it because I was fed up with being sucked into a … Continue reading →

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I do read books

Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2007 by Hazel

Literary criticism is hard for me so here is a list of the recently read: The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Stef came in for a hard time because she has never been to Canada and yet wrote a … Continue reading →

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Incredibly true

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2007 by Hazel

Except for the fact it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer that made me spend all that money: this list is the same as mine (except add Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me for Farscape). So Farscape, hmm… And the early issues … Continue reading →

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“We are living in catastrophe”

Posted on Wednesday 10 January 2007 by Hazel

I have always enjoyed reading the work of Doris Lessing though I do know I haven’t read nearly enough by her. The Children of Violence series notably Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage and A Ripple from The Storm impressed me … Continue reading →

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Catching up with a whole new world

Posted on Saturday 11 November 2006 by Hazel

When I was a child I used to read The Beano, the Broons and Oor Wullie, and moved on to Tiger and Roy of The Rovers (The Safest Hands in Soccer was my favourite story: initially it was beautifully drawn … Continue reading →

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