Jottings

Success was not success so long as his daughter's _physique_, the rumour of her engagement, were not included in the "Jottings" with the certainty of being extensively copied.

The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Henry James 1879

Elaine of the lovely blog Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Loverhas also written an appreciation of Camilleri and review of August Heat, which she calls "one of the best Montalbano books yet".

Andrea Camilleri competition at Pan Macmillan Maxine 2009

Before I end this (overlong, sorry) post, I want to mention two book posts I recently very much enjoyed: a review of Amsterdam (Ian McEwan) at Random Jottings, and a poignant retrospective of Andrea Badenoch, and her book Blink, at It's a Crime!

Film Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

Books Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

Film Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

Weblogs Maxine 2009

Elaine of the lovely blog Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Loverhas also written an appreciation of Camilleri and review of August Heat, which she calls "one of the best Montalbano books yet".

Andrea Camilleri competition at Pan Macmillan Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

PETRONA Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

July 2009 Maxine 2009

From Random Jottings: as I stood in the check out queue there was at least one copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in each trolley.

The return of Harry Maxine 2009