My Little Notepad

My Little Notepad was my corner of the internet while I learned to blog, from around 2010 to 2019.

I have posts on all aspects of my life, writing, reading, and the early years of being a mother.

Category: Beautiful Books

  • Tweet Right

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    I’m going to tell you something astonishing, that you didn’t know before. Ready? I love twitter. What do you mean, was that it? What do you want, blood? Anyway, I personally think twitter is one of the best reasons for the internet. It’s connected me with so many different people, and given me confidence to… Read more

  • Exploding Ebooks

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    Having just read yet another diatribe about ebooks – along the lines of real books smell lovely and feel lovely and I love secondhand bookshops and is the real book dead? I don’t think so – I went away, had a quick seethe, and have returned to calmly put down a couple of my thoughts on… Read more

  • Old Friends

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    So, in case  by some chance you missed it, my first interview on In the Wishing Chair went live at the weekend, and I’ve recorded a few more interviews since. I’ve had some lovely feedback, so many thanks to anyone who’s listened so far and given me such a boost! There’s one particular question I’m… Read more

  • Miss Saigon and the Unreliable Narrator

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    I’ve listened to and loved Miss Saigon for about twenty years. I know every word and I identify with the characters – well, as much as I can without actually being an American GI or a Vietnamese prostitute forty years ago – so much that my pulse still races building up to the finale or… Read more

  • Bloodstone

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    Bloodstone is the sequel to the acclaimed Firebrand by Gillian Philip, which I reviewed here last year alongside an interview with its simply fantastic hero, Seth MacGregor. Firebrand has shot up to become one of my favourite books, and being an impatient sort I kept nagging Gillian to find out when Bloodstone was coming out. Imagine… Read more