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9/2/26 - MICHAEL BOND 'Dear reader’ (Bond, 2014, p.7).

Bond, M. (2014) 'Love from Paddington’. London: Harper Collins.

INDEED

2/2/26 - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ALAN DURBAND)

‘ … If you mean well, Now go with me and with this holy man Into the chantry by; there, before him, And underneath that consecrated roof, Plight me the full assurance of your faith … ‘ (Shakespeare, 1990, p.186).

Shakespeare, W. (1990 [1623] ) 'Shakespeare made easy - Twelfth Night - or What you will’. Modernized by Alan Durband. Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes.

(‘If you mean well, go with me and this holy man into the nearby chapel. There, before him, and beneath that consecrated roof, pledge me your vows of marriage … ‘ (Shakespeare, 1990, p.187).)

BEAUTIFUL

CLEVER

#beautiful #clever

26/1/26 - MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

’ “Why, hello, Mrs Dalloway.” … she should, he’d said, be named after a great figure in literature, and while she’d argued for Isabel Archer or Anna Karenina, Richard had insisted that Mrs Dalloway was the singular and obvious choice.’ (Cunningham, 2013, p.10).

Cunningham. M. (2013 [1998] ) 'The hours’. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hours-Michael-Cunningham-ebook/dp/B00BKQ02GA (Accessed 26 January 2026).

TRUE

#true

19/1/26 - A.A. MILNE ’ “I’m not compaining, but There It is.” ’ (Milne, 2025, p.67).

Milne, A.A. (2025 [1926] ) 'Chapter Six - in which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents’ in 'Winnie-the-Pooh’. London: Farshore, pp.65-80.

EXACTLY

#exactly

12/1/26 - STELLA GIBBONS

‘ “I mean, I do like a cheery mob around me, what?” ‘ (Gibbons, 2020, p.164).

Gibbons, S. (2020 [1932] ) 'Cold Comfort Farm'. London: Penguin Modern Classics. HAPPY BIRTHDAY

#happy birthday

5/1/26 - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

'If music be the food of love, play on!’ (Shakespeare, 2024, p.149).

Shakespeare, W. (2024 [1623] ) 'Twelfth Night’ in 'Shakespeare’s First Folio - All the Plays - A Children’s Edition’. Abridged by Anja Chouhan. Illustrated by Emily Sutton. London: Walker Books, pp.147-56.

TRUE

#true

29/12/25 - LEWIS CARROLL

‘ “Then fill up the glasses as quick as you can, And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran: Put oats in the coffee, and mice in the tea - And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!” ‘ (Carroll, 2021, p.274).

Carroll, L. (2021 [1871] ) 'Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there'. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. London: Macmillan Children's Books.

PARTY

HAPPY NEW YEAR

#party #happy new year

22/12/25 - JANE AUSTEN

‘A few days ago I was at a private Ball given by Mr Ashburnum.’ (Austen, 2014, p.174).

Austen, J. (2014). ‘Letter the third - From a young lady in distress’d Circumstances to her friend’ in ‘A collection of letters’, in Alexander, C. (ed) ‘Love and friendship and other youthful writings’, London: Penguin Classics, pp.174- 178). * Austen’s spelling.

PARTY

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

#party #happy christmas

15/12/25 - JANE AUSTEN

… I think you the most amiable, and the Handsomest Man in England, and so to be sure you are.' (Austen, 2014, p.182).

Austen, J. (2014). 'Letter the fifth - from a young lady very much in love to her freind*' in 'A collection of letters', in Alexander, C. (ed) 'Love and freindship and other youthful writings', London: Penguin Classics, pp.180-87). *Austen's spelling.

TRUE

#true

8/12/25 - JANE AUSTEN

' … and I more in love every day.’ (Austen 2014, p.180).

Austen, J. (2014). 'Letter the second - from a young lady crossed in love to her freind*' in 'A collection of letters', in Alexander, C. (ed) 'Love and freindship* and other youthful writings', London: Penguin Classics, pp.169-71). *Austen's spelling.

BLESS

#bless

1/12/25 - JANE AUSTEN

'Yet let me warn you against suffering yourselves to be meanly swayed by the Follies and Vices of others … ' (Austen 2014, p.170).

Austen, J. (2014). 'Letter the first - from a mother to her freind'in 'A collection of letters’, in Alexander, C. (ed) 'Love and freindship and other youthful writings’, London: Penguin Classics, pp.169-71). *Austen’s spelling.

OOO ERR

#ooo err

30/10/23 - AGATHA CHRISTIE

' "Yes, they were a very devoted couple." ' (Christie, 2023, p.167).

Christie, A. (2023 [1969] ) 'Hallowe'en party', London: Harper Collins.

HA HA

FOR MY HUSBAND

WHO HAS DIED

#ha ha #for my husband #who has died

23/10/23 - ARAVIND ADIGA

' … weekend fucks in air-conditioned hotels near technical colleges … ' (Adiga, 2016, p.278).

Adiga, A. (2016) 'Selection day'. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selection-Day-Aravind-Adiga-ebook/dp/B018UGLW9S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (Accessed 23 October 2023).

INTERESTING

#interesting

16/10/23 - HELEN OYEYEMI

'Have you ever had an almost offensively easy breakup?' (Oyeyemi, 2022, p.1).

Oyeyemi, H. (2022) 'Peaces'. London: Faber.

NO

#no

9/10/23 - HAKIM ADI

'What we have are merely the published writings of a few men and even fewer women.' (Adi, 2022, p.vii.)

Adi, H. (ed). (2022) 'Black voices on Britain'. London: Macmillan Collector's Library.

WELL THAT EXPLAINS A LOT

#well that explains a lot

2/10/23 - ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

' "I do not think we should be too hard on men, Mma," … ' (McCall Smith, 2017, p.45).

McCall Smith, A. (2017) 'The house of unexpected sisters'. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpected-Sisters-Ladies-Detective-Agency-ebook/dp/B01NAYO451/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (Accessed 1 October 2023.

BLESS

#bless

25/9/23 - J.M. BARRIE

’ “ … girls, you know, are much too clever to fall out of their prams.” (Barrie, 1995, p.239).

Barrie, J.M. (1995 [1911] ) 'Peter Pan’ in 'The water babies’ and 'Peter Pan.’ London: Smithmark, pp.203-375.

SMART

#smart

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