Dear Off-Topic Readers, Well, hot on the heels of reading Abi Daré’s brilliant The Girl With the Louding Voice (discussed at greater length here), which features a noxious character called Big Madam, whose real name happens to be Florence, I found myself unexpectedly reading
Absolutely know exactly what you mean about a finite amount of words in one given period. In fact a friend of my daughter used to say she had run out of Social Tokens when she had exhausted all her witty banter and needed to retire for a recharge! This is now our ‘go to’ expression.
I absolutely agree Florence that there are a finite amount of words available! I'm so glad that you found enough for this newsletter 😊 I hope you left enough for yourself. Nicola Walker is also my favourite actor. I haven't seen many of her TV programs, but have loved what I have seen.
This week I'm reading Anxious People by Fredrik Backman...always a joy to read his books😊
The Girl with the Louding Voice is on my TBR list. Completely agree on your observations regarding finite words. Think we all need to have some quiet time occasionally (although I’m always happy to enjoy quiet time).
I also adore Nicola Walker and just saw her in The Corn is Green - she was fantastic.
Yet again Florence you have manage to delve deep into the contents of my teenage years and come up with something that I had forgotten - my friends and I went through a phase of going around the playground doing the "P'tang Yang Kipperbang" quote (and hand gesture if I remember rightly?!).
And having just binged the whole of "The Split", my love for Nicola Walker continues apace.
Absolutely know exactly what you mean about a finite amount of words in one given period. In fact a friend of my daughter used to say she had run out of Social Tokens when she had exhausted all her witty banter and needed to retire for a recharge! This is now our ‘go to’ expression.
I absolutely agree Florence that there are a finite amount of words available! I'm so glad that you found enough for this newsletter 😊 I hope you left enough for yourself. Nicola Walker is also my favourite actor. I haven't seen many of her TV programs, but have loved what I have seen.
This week I'm reading Anxious People by Fredrik Backman...always a joy to read his books😊
Have a lovely week
The Girl with the Louding Voice is on my TBR list. Completely agree on your observations regarding finite words. Think we all need to have some quiet time occasionally (although I’m always happy to enjoy quiet time).
I also adore Nicola Walker and just saw her in The Corn is Green - she was fantastic.
Yet again Florence you have manage to delve deep into the contents of my teenage years and come up with something that I had forgotten - my friends and I went through a phase of going around the playground doing the "P'tang Yang Kipperbang" quote (and hand gesture if I remember rightly?!).
And having just binged the whole of "The Split", my love for Nicola Walker continues apace.
May I just ask if you are reading your books - paper, electronically or audio?
Thank you. I read paper books but was wondering about Kindle for travelling. I also like to see books around the house!