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Mostly you will find, here, transcribed entries from the secret diary that I used to keep as a teenager between 1970 and 1975. I try to be honest with my transcriptions, but, just occasionally I do edit, to protect myself or others from embarrassment or some other emotion.
Also, though, I like to do a brief review of the books I have been reading, so these are interspersed throughout. I reserve the right to write blog entries, also, about other random things.
Why do I keep this blog? I don't know. I am an academic and one of my research interests is around how people construct their own identities. The diary transcriptions, and what I write about my books, are very much about revealing something of my identity.

Monday, 14 July 2014

Louis Sachar - Just finished reading .....

Holes by Louis Sachar

10/10

What a lovely book. It is aimed at 'young adults' so I thought 'that's me!' and picked it up. I've read it in 2 days, which is always a bonus because you feel like you are in the world of the book with the characters. When it takes a fortnight or more to read a book, interrupted by all kinds of other bits of living, you feel more disconnected.

Where was I?
Ah yes - a lovely book. We go with Stanley to a camp, and meet some weird and wonderful characters. We get to know Stanley better, and we have an adventure with him. It is a heart-warming book, full of optimism about the human condition, I think. I'm not saying anything else. I don't want to spoil it. But if you go on this adventure with him, take your sun screen and a guide for identifying lizards.

http://www.louissachar.com/HolesBook.htm


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