I always considered myself a weird kid in school. It wasn't quite there but every time the word poetry came up it felt like there was a collective sigh in the room as everyone prepared themselves for boredom. But I never disliked poetry. I remember in primary school enjoying the challenge of trying to get … Continue reading Blog #19 – A Rediscovery of the Poem
Who Taught You Murmurations? Who taught the starlings to fly in their murmurations, Spinning, swirling, Ducking and diving As one? Is it simply their nature to move with each other, Tracking, following, Watching and mimicking Their neighbour? Or was it something more and a process of Learning, adapting, Progressing and mastering The flight plan? Surely … Continue reading Poetry #3 – Who Taught You Murmurations?
Recently I have been asking myself what I want this blog to be? I feel like even now, a year or so after I first started using Curioscify, the purpose of it has changed in my head. Somehow I became bogged down in feeling a need to review every book I read as soon as … Continue reading Blog #18 – Re-shaping the Blog
It's been a while since I read The Word for World is Forest but I can still remember its message clearly in my mind. I feel like Le Guin doesn't particularly try to hide her underlying point but that was never inhibiting to the story. This book tells a tragic tale of colonisation and oppression with … Continue reading Review – The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin ★★★★☆
Permanent Permanence Permanent markers and permanent buildings. Permanent names for impermanent things. We tell ourselves that none of these will end but a permanent permanence the world must amend. A permanent is only as permanent as a day, so sure that it’s here until it goes away. The only real permanence is carried inside and … Continue reading Poetry #2 – Permanent Permanence
I think everyone who reads will have those books. The books or series that they can always credit with having led them into reading. I know I can and to these books, I am truly grateful. Whether I agree now that they are as good as I thought they were back then, there is nothing … Continue reading Blog #17 – Books for Beginners
If you're stuck inside your house right now and want to escape and wreck havoc across Britain, you're in luck! Good Omens is a marvellous blend of Pratchett and Gaiman. It's witty, fantastically ridiculous all the way through and has a plot that turns the pages of its own accord. Fans of fantasy and comedy … Continue reading Review – Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆
The Right to Write As a child, I would write. I wrote in day and night, Light and dark. Even in moments long since drained of inspiration, I would find the minutiae, Though I didn’t know them by name, And I would write. As a child, I was free. Only a pot of pencils on … Continue reading Poetry #1 – The Right to Write
One thing I have claimed to be a fan of but never really taken the time to invest in on my blog is lists. Who doesn't love a list and that convenient way to put the chaos of life into an ordered sequence of thoughts or ideas? They are the perfect medium for getting across … Continue reading Blog #16 – Introducing Favourites in Fiction
Reading The Memory Police was one of the most pleasing reading experiences I can remember in a while. One of my favourite books of all time is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and I feel that Yoko Ogawa's work should be regarded in a similar light. It is elegantly written presenting a dystopian scenario which isn't … Continue reading Review – The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa ★★★★☆
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