May 6, 2012

I'VE WON SOMETHING!

Yep, share the news please! For the first time ever I've won something on the net. The challenge came from a bookaholics' website and the task was to complete the sentence: "A bookaholic walks into a bar...".
My winning text, below:
A bookaholic walks into a bar in search of lost time and asks for a madeleine with tea.
“As you like it !”,replies the bartender and as he serves him, spills the hot water on the customer.
The bookaholic shouts out:
“Water water everywhere
Nor any drop to drink!”
The bartender replies placidly:
“Oh, stop making so much ado about nothing!”


My prize: the second edition of a brand new short stories publication.
Happy!

May 2, 2012

Too many books, so little time...

TAZ



In my household, everyone reads.

This is Taz, my tom, exhausted after a volume of Harry Potter mixed with Hans Christian Andersen tales.

I wish...

... there was a place where I could go when I have a broom crush crash.

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