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Fiction
I've finally finished reading 'Into the Blue' by Robert Goddard. It's taken me ages to read this - partly because I kept putting it down in strange places and forgetting it was there!
However, I am pleased to report - it is extremely good! I read another of his - Dying To Tell - a couple of years ago and didn't really enjoy it. I think this was mainly because it was extremely complex (and I'm not that bright!). It had lots of characters - many of whom had more than one name! By the time I got to the end I felt a bit cheated because the climax was actually very clever but because I'd lost track of who half the people were, I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have done. As I enjoyed Into The Blue so much, I'm now off to read more Robert Goddard. Fellow bloggers - I commend him to you!
Fact
Yesterday I went to a family party. It was my uncle's seventieth birthday. I love family parties because I love my uncles and aunts. (My Dad was one of eight children so there are plenty to go around.) But I also find family occasions very difficult. When I was younger - we were four, and we went to family parties as a little unit of four amongst the wider family. And now it's just me. My parents are dead and my brother is agoraphobic so I know that at every family gathering the only person representing my little bit of the family will be me. It's a strange feeling.
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I remember really enjoying that book and being surprised because it wasn't the usual sort of thing I'd read. Tried another of his later and couldn't be doing with it.
Re family. It must be hard for you but lovely that you're close to your uncles. I've got loads of uncles and aunts and I suppose cousins, that I wouldn't recognise if I fell over them in the street.
Glad you had a nice time xx
Lane - yes my family are lovely. Very, very funny and warm. I am lucky.
I've not read anything by Robert Goddard. I realised lately that I don't do male writers anymore...(and that goes for blogs, I seem to be a reader of women!).
Oh honey, I can imagine family reunions being bittersweet for you and so I want to send you lots of hugs! I'm glad your family are warm and affectionate.
How wonderful that you have such a large family! I only have one aunt. And one cousin (and he's sooooo much older than me). Pathetic! On the other hand G has so many aunts, uncles, cousins he doesn't even know their names (no, really).
Thanks Pacha - I do find that I appreciate the aunts and uncles a lot more now that my parents have gone x Looking forward to more family reunions next year when one of my uncles (now 80!!!) comes back from Australia for a visit.
Glad you have such a ;warm family - makes a big difference.
I know what you mean about small families. I have a small family. Himself has a large family. I feel included, but not quite part of it. It is odd.
Flowerpot and Leigh - thank you. families are strange and wonderful things aren't they?
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