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A series of westerns, from USA c.1960s. These books are an engaging set of stories, some serialised, about getting the bad guys. There's often a simple line drawn & you are either side of it; good or bad. 
The uncomplicated morality & timeless actions of cowboys on the trail are soothing.


Bloody chick lit! Keen to learn more of Spanish Caminos I snatched up this title without due diligence. And paid the price, an older woman author casting her judgemental mind over past events on a small Spanish village in incremental detail. Should one have the time to read as much detail as possible about events & people of no consequence to anyone but the author, it may be mildly entertaining.   

Ah the great Charles Dickens. Why describe a child as ashen faced & timid when you can  write "uncrimsoned countenance"? 
There are so many flourishes in this writing that distract from the tale, but among them you will discover gemstones. Dickens wrote voluminously articulate passages with great patience & eloquence, he deserves to be lauded. That man, like few others can describe in two words, what took me 28 years of marriage plus a few years recovery, to discover; it was a "poor dream". Indeed. That's why he needs to be read. 
But, to save yourself getting lost down a dim rabbithole, interpose reading Dickens with anything lighter of spirit.    


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