Back from London and sadly without much reading to report, but I had interesting times with the following:
Loving the Bloomsbury area with its tree-lined squares and Georgian buildings, and also the Great Court in the British Museum, not to mention lovely little speciality shops like the bookbinders and paper shop. It was a bit like something out of Harry Potter with assistants rushing about to fetch the paper from huge stacks of shelves they had to reach by ladder.
Pretending to be a business person at City Airport in London but not liking accidentally knocking over a drink (which someone had left on the floor unknown to me) and then a businessman ostentatiously drying his briefcase and glaring at me! I was innocent! I didn't know it was there!
Being approached by a panhandling woman who obviously thought I was a soft touch (correctly). Even without knowing all the means by which you can recognise someone who is telling a lie (I have been watching Tim Roth in Lie to Me on Sky) I could still tell that her story was far too elaborate to be true. Nevertheless I offered her my change. Which came to less than a pound. Which made her stomp off in disgust. (With the change).
I've come back to 2 new books to read on my desk though. Thanks to Mark and Steve for Once Were Warriors and The Tipping Point which both look really interesting. (But which must wait - back to work!)
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"Travelling without reading." LOL!!! Absolutely love the literary allusion to Frank Herbert's "Dune!"
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ReplyDeleteA book a day for a year? My god you must be a fast reader! Not sure if your into this kind of thing but the best book ive read lately was Cell by Stephen King. It only took me 3 days to read it, which for someone like me who doesnt read enough,was very fast!
ReplyDeleteAlso reading through your list of read books...The book of lost things...absolute favourite. =]
ReplyDeleteYes, it's great isn't it? And to think I didn't fancy the look of The Book of Lost Things!
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