The Booklovers: Chapter Two

14Jul08

Previously: Chapter One
Anthony Trollope
Good-good-good-good evening!
When I was in year seven, I had an English teacher named Mrs K, whose favourite word was “incidentally”. We used to keep tallies on how many times she would say it during one thirty-five minute lesson. I think the record was seventeen.
We studied books deemed suitable for eleven year olds. [...]

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Flights of insanity

11Jul08

I’m back from my holiday, which was great. I’ll probably write a little bit about it this weekend. But first, some therapeutic ranting.
In January, I start planning a trip to China with K. We arrange dates, and I clear the time off with my supervisor.
I ring the only English-speaking travel agent I know of [...]

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