Category Archives: review

Mixed review

Amusé? We had a good night, but with a few reservations. Firstly, the restaurant was way too dark. Q: How do you know a restaurant is too dark? A: When the waiter has to hand you a penlight so you can read your menu! Secondly, the food. It seems almost churlish to say anything negative [...]

The Year in Sentences

Meme: Post the first line of your first journal entry of each month for 2007. I don’t write regularly enough in my paper journal for this, so I’ll use this blog. Via No Feeling of Falling (the blog of Maureen McHugh, author of China Mountain Zhang. I think Maureen looked over her blog too.) December: [...]

Pet peeve

One thing that always annoys me when I’m reading, is when I keep reading a book because I keep hoping it’s going to get better, and then I realise that it’s not going to get any better, but I’ve gone past the point where I feel like I can give up on the book. You [...]