Books

Books I’m reading, books I’ve read, books I’ve lost, books, books, books, books…

Books by Lois

Are books always best?

There are lots of answers, and different ways of answering the question of ‘are books always best’? And the answers to most of those various questions, would mostly be YES! However, what I’m pondering on is whether the original book is always better than the dramatic production – play, film, TV programme/series. If I think […]

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Books by Lois

Back to the Far Distant Oxus

I’d forgotten about this book, and this poem: As a child I was a great reader, and as a child I was a great story-teller, even before I could write any of my tales down. I haunted the library, reading my way through all the books in the children’s section before borrowing my mum’s ticket […]

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