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Tag: Stella Gibbons

Books for the Lockdown – Happy and Funny

On March 23, 2020March 22, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

By now I’ve been working from home for two full weeks. I got into the prison habit of counting days. Even though I obviously still go out, but we got to a point when 200m trip to Tesco’s is the longest trip during weekdays. Of course, I do exercise and try to be nice to …

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Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

On May 16, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

'I saw something nasty in the woodshed' When Flora Poste's parents die and she realized that her income won't allow her a comfortable life, she decides to live off of her family. The only part of it that replies to her letters are the Starkadders from Cold Comfort Farm. Despite her friend's warnings Flora decides …

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Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons – Quotes

On May 12, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn QuotesLeave a comment

As the book is really funny I picked some of the quotes that made me laugh, they should also give you na idea of the kind of humour Gibbons is using. Enjoy! The life of the journalist is poor, nasty, brutish and short. So is his style. You, who are so adept at the lovely …

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March round-up

On April 1, 2018May 28, 2018 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

The first quarter is gone, but I have exactly the same feeling as I had last year, that the year only just started. I hope I will shake that feeling off once the spring finally comes. Officially it is here, but I think no one told the weather. It was an average month reading-wise, I …

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February round-up

On March 1, 2018March 31, 2018 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

February is over and I couldn't be happier about it. Traditionally February is the worst month of the year for me, so at least it has the advantage of being short. Compared to last February this year has been a bit better reading-wise, I managed to finish five books. It has been a very varied month …

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Hatchards – 12 bookshops for 12 months – January

On January 15, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

As blue Monday is not yet upon us I still managed to stick to at least one of my resolutions - last Sunday I started my 12 bookshops for 12 months tour of London bookshops, as Hatchards (booksellers since 1797). The day was unbelievably sunny, blue skies and not a single cloud, but also really …

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