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Author Archives: Susannah J. Bell
The Last Blog
This is my final blog for the foreseeable future. Please support this struggling author by reading and reviewing my books! A good place to start would be THE NIGHTMARIST, a collection of short stories which you can read about on … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, General, Getting Published, Life in Bloomsbury, My Books, On Writing
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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s funny how the right book comes along just when you need it most. This was one of those books. While reading it, I had the kind of thoughts that went “this is the … Continue reading
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Book Review: All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard
My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I first started this series over Christmas last year, I wanted to read nothing else in the months that followed. Gradually it dawned on me that although the books are well-written and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, Book Reviews
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The day the Queen died
I was making dinner when I heard the announcement. The radio was on in the kitchen and Radio 3 was playing some or other music (no idea what it was) when someone suddenly said: “We interrupt this programme … ” … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, General, Life in Bloomsbury
Tagged britain, death, death of the queen, monarchy, queen elizabeth 2, royalty, sadness, the queen
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Microfiction: how my tiny writing got me back on track
I seem to have lost the knack of writing microfiction. It was never something I thought about. Much. Or ever, to be honest. But then the pandemic hit and the first lockdown came along and throttled all my writing efforts … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, On Writing
Tagged imagination, lockdown, microfiction, pandemic, tiny writing, writers block, writers problems, writing
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Book Review – Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a wonderful book! Full of books you wish you’d read as a child with hilarious scenes of Lucy reading those books and not wanting to do ANYTHING except read them. Very funny and … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, Book Reviews
Tagged book review, books, books i've read, bookworm, lucy mangan
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Beautiful Bloomsbury
During lockdown, I took many photographs to share on my job’s Facebook page. I called the series Beautiful Bloomsbury. To my mind, it was beautiful because there were so few people in it! The first lockdown took place during the … Continue reading
How deep does this drought go?
I love Windy. It was introduced to me by a work colleague some years ago and I used to sit poring over it obsessively – usually looking for rain. No doubt you’ve heard me whitter on endlessly about the severe … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, Life in Bloomsbury
Tagged desert, drought, drought intensity, dry, heatwave, hot, no rain, rainfall, windy.com
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Book Review: Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Or three weddings and a funeral! After the phenomenal misery of Confusion, this came as a bit of a relief. For some of the characters, anyway! Without giving anything away, one of my favourite … Continue reading
Posted in 2022: A Fresh Start, Book Reviews
Tagged book review, casting off, cazalet chronicles, elizabeth jane howard
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