Piles of Pages

You should see my bedside table! Apart from all the lotions and potions to keep me young and beautiful forever (not really working…ha ha,) you will find a mountain of books.

I have finally got around to buying the trilogy in the Bronze Horseman series – The Summer Garden (it’s a mere 839 pages). I also have the second in the Tomorrow series: The Dead of the Night; Morris Gleitzman’s Once (inspired by stories of the Holocaust) and to imbalance all my books Allen Car’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking (ironically I’ve never smoked but the idea of a psychological trickery book intrigues me.)

I can’t complain about variety and depending on my mood I can choose a junior, young adult (YA) or adult book.  When I am tired, I prefer the less complex language of a YA book.

My good friend Mrs Jingle can take the credit for my vicarious pleasure. She came up to me after Hoshiki Kiritsu class * and said I have a good book for you to read: Marcus Zusak’s “the Book Thief – need I say more.

Mrs Jingle has quite a collection of books and it’s growing by the day. I can honestly say that my pile and smile wouldn’t be so huge without her influence.

I better get cracking on my combined 1,881 pages. Shiver and Linger are nipping at my heels…


* Hoshiki Kiritsu is a Japanese freestyle martial art that combines many different combat disciplines, including: joint manipulation; reflex conditioning; wrestling; boxing; ground defence; and kickboxing. It incorporates katas and self defence techniques into the curriculum as well as mental discipline. I started in 1998 to learn a few 'groin flicks' in case I got into trouble and I am still there over a decade later (with a few kid stops in between.)


 Check it out:  http://hkmartialarts.com