Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #1)
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
an excellent novel; in footnotes my concluding thoughts on the TV series The Affair
on ian flemming, jackie kerouac, karlo knausgaard
don’t be stupid, be a smarty / read fiction ’bout the nazi party
All Men Must Die, innit?
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
In America alone, 281 pounds of pig shit is produced for every one person per year. I don’t know if that’s a lot as I don’t know what a pound is.
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