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This is a slow, contemplative look at not writing a novel, an examination into the writing process, and an inconclusive investigation into why Stevens failed at the task she'd set for herself. This is not a novel, not quite a memoir, nor is it nature writing. It is a strange, uncategorizable amalgam of all three. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2022/04/review-bleaker-house-by-nell-stevens.htm...

I think the kindest thing I can say is I am not the target audience. Sadly, there were no funny anecdotes with penguins, no funny anecdotes at all, and barely any penguins. Part memoir and part advertisement for dubious short stories. If you are a writer with anxiety about writing you may gain something from this. I think the author gained something from writing it. As a reader, I gained nothing. Those with ED or in recovery may be triggered.

This was a pleasant enough memoir about a writing student on a fellowship to write a novel in the Falklands. I could have done without the chapters of her failed novel, but I liked learning about what it was like to write when you‘re truly alone.

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I had a hankering for a book with someone living alone in an isolated place - and my internet rabbithole led me to this book about a young writer who takes up a residence in a tiny island called Bleaker, part of the Falkland Islands. It‘s part memoir and the other part is little scraps of fiction she wrote while she was there. I loved the memoir parts but the fictional bits didn‘t add anything for me.⬇️

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Today‘s Prompt: MOTIVATES

Would you be motivated to seek revenge against a person who caused your son‘s death?

Catrin grieved as any mother would, but she never got over the death of her sons.

LITTLE BLACK LIES has serious situations, lies, secrets, and love all rolled into one gripping, pull-you-in plot.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/6bptu9nx

A fascinating account of an incredible mission which changed the tempo of a war and in doing so potentially saved many lives. A well written account that is packed with detail, without being monotonous and slow.

10 yrs after Falklands war veteran felix felipe, hacker, has to find witnesses to a bizarre murder for a v sinister company boss. This is bk that vividly reflects the Argentinian soldiers experience of war and it's impact on their lives. Sprawling, fantastic, drug fuelled, it rd like heart of darkness by hunter s Thompson but while at times a hard read it is unique + reflected how a war so vivid in English jingoism was felt by a troubled country.