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chapterseldomread

Normally to be found in South Wales or Ireland. An unhealthy obsession with literature & the musicals of Stephen Sondheim has led to a very happy 33 years on this planet.

Currently reading

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
Alan Partridge, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan
Progress: 35 %
Pride and Prejudice
James Kinsley, Fiona Stafford, Jane Austen
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
Grimm Tales for Young and Old - Philip Pullman, Jacob Grimm Oh Philip.Pullman is an author that has enraged me with every book of his I've read (this is number 3) yet I keep going back to him. I love Fairy Tales. Fairy tales are a little crazy and very messy and Pullman, in his wisdom, has decided that this simply wont do. In my opinion he has removed any heart from the stories and left in their place 50 well formed yet vacuous works of fiction. It's not all bad though. It has a beautiful cover ;-) Full review here