Darcy
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I have always loved books, from my early years as a loner in the school library, trying to find inspiration amid the torrent of John and Jane or whatever the hell those insipid, didactic books were called. Honestly, how can you expect to engender a love of literature with crap like that? So big thanks to my mum for furnishing me with more interesting material with which to saturate my sponge-like brain. Enid Blyton, though much denounced (as popular authors often are) filled a disproportionately large section of my bedroom bookshelf - and rightly so. Though no more. It is now more likely to be taken up with classics (yawn - I know!) and inadvisedly-purchased novels from 'promising' authors bought due to book club pressures, which nonetheless provide fodder for blogs such as these, and of course, my fave tomes about which you will read here... I live in Walthamstow (known as The Stow to those in the know) and share my life with my wonderful partner and two little mini Stow children. And a cat. Meow (that's from her!). |
| Interests | As well as reading, writing about reading, and reading about writing, I spend time, when I can, in the garden. I like to grow stuff. And I like to watch it grow. And I like it when I see lots of little beasties appearing (ladybirds, not greenfly) where before there were none. It pleases me. In a somewhat smug way. |
| Favorite movies | In no particular order, Donnie Darko, Streetcar Named Desire, Nightmare on Elm Street, Sense & Sensibility, The Empire Strikes Back, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Howard's End, House of Flying Daggers, The Outsiders |