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A Goodreads Gallimaufrey
Gallimaufrey – an almost obsolete culinary term meaning a hotch-potch or motley collection of items. This is an anthology of short stories, non-fiction, poems and recipes from the authors and readers of the Goodreads UK Amazon Kindle Forum. You will find funny, supernatural, serious and silly here and there’s even a short visit from a lady vampire. Easy recipes from our site’s threads complete the collection. The forum is a happy, friendly, book-centred place where readers and authors enjoy interaction and mutual respect and this book is our first joint venture.
127 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2011
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About the author
Kath Middleton
23 books158 followersKath Middleton began her writing with drabbles (100 words stories) and contributed a number to Jonathan Hill’s second drabble collection. It wasn’t long before she moved up a size to contribute short stories to anthologies. Shortly afterwards, she progressed to writing longer pieces and her first solo work, Ravenfold, was published to much acclaim. This was followed by the novella, Message in a Bottle. Several more books are in the pipeline and her first novel, Top Banana, was published in March 2015. In March 2016 she and Jonathan Hill published Is it Her - two novellas inspired by a painting. Kath likes to put her characters in difficult situations and watch them work their way out. She believes in the indomitable nature of the human spirit (and chickens).
Kath is retired. She graduated in geology and has a certificate in archaeology. When she's in a hole, she doesn't stop digging.
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Kath is retired. She graduated in geology and has a certificate in archaeology. When she's in a hole, she doesn't stop digging.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kath-M...
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September 1, 2016
Delightful wee book for dipping in and out of (although I read it in one sitting!), with Proper Writing. I particularly enjoyed the short stories, which were all excellent, and although I haven't read any poetry willingly since school the poems included here could perhaps persuade me to look out for more in the future as they were so effective. And I look forward to trying out (most!) of the recipes....
Great effort team - going to do another?
Great effort team - going to do another?
December 14, 2011
This book is fantastic!!
It's a lovely blend of stories from various genre's, recipes, poems and true life tales.
There's not much more I can say about this book but I absolutely loved it! Well done to everyone who contributed and even more so to Ignite and Darren for their hard work putting it all together, you did a brilliant job.
It's a lovely blend of stories from various genre's, recipes, poems and true life tales.
There's not much more I can say about this book but I absolutely loved it! Well done to everyone who contributed and even more so to Ignite and Darren for their hard work putting it all together, you did a brilliant job.
July 7, 2025
a great little book that has everything I love about GR encompassed in its pages. with some really amazing short stories, to very smart poetry, to some yummy (and hilarious) recipes and a brilliant section on some real life adventures! I couldn't ask for anything more!
December 19, 2011
The Goodreads Gallimaufrey reminded me of my brother. What?
He is a professional singer, smooth stuff and soft rock – he is, after all, of a certain age. Younger than me, but in January he will celebrate his 70th birthday. Still going strong, in fact he has just formed a rock’n’roll group.
Where is this going? What can this have to do with a book? Well, the first time I went to see him perform, after he had turned professional and given up the day job, I was expecting to be underwhelmed – that I would find myself, after the show, digging deep for diplomatic language which would leave him feeling praised and me maintaining my integrity as an honest man who had attended out of fraternal duty.
In fact I was very impressed by his performance – the range of his material and of his voice – his breathing control – his patter and mastery of his audience. I was able to say in all sincerity that I had enjoyed myself, would praise him to the skies and would gladly attend other performances of his as long as he didn’t expect me to get up and do a turn with him.
Similarly with the Gallimaufrey. I am a member of the Goodreads UK Amazon Kindle Forum, and an occasional contributor. So when a number of authors on the forum got together (allowing Kath Middleton to do the work of selection, assembly and promotion) to produce this omnibus, I thought the least I could do was to purchase a copy for my Kindle. I also thought I should read it straight away so that I could follow discussion of the book on the forum.
I had not seen any of the work of any of the authors before – just their interchanges on what is a very friendly and cooperative forum. So I had no idea what to expect. But I was very pleasantly surprised by what I found. A very high standard of writing. Some very smart ideas for the stories. I think it would be unfair to single out any one item for praise, but the short piece “Kindling”, by Caroline Reid, should be printed as a pamphlet and handed to all those who say, as soon as you tell them you have a Kindle, that they could not possibly read anything which was not the “real book in the hand”.
I understand there are to be more Gallimaufreys. Go for it. The more the merrier. I may even come down from my ivory tower and plead for some of my own writing to be included. If I can match up to the standard.
He is a professional singer, smooth stuff and soft rock – he is, after all, of a certain age. Younger than me, but in January he will celebrate his 70th birthday. Still going strong, in fact he has just formed a rock’n’roll group.
Where is this going? What can this have to do with a book? Well, the first time I went to see him perform, after he had turned professional and given up the day job, I was expecting to be underwhelmed – that I would find myself, after the show, digging deep for diplomatic language which would leave him feeling praised and me maintaining my integrity as an honest man who had attended out of fraternal duty.
In fact I was very impressed by his performance – the range of his material and of his voice – his breathing control – his patter and mastery of his audience. I was able to say in all sincerity that I had enjoyed myself, would praise him to the skies and would gladly attend other performances of his as long as he didn’t expect me to get up and do a turn with him.
Similarly with the Gallimaufrey. I am a member of the Goodreads UK Amazon Kindle Forum, and an occasional contributor. So when a number of authors on the forum got together (allowing Kath Middleton to do the work of selection, assembly and promotion) to produce this omnibus, I thought the least I could do was to purchase a copy for my Kindle. I also thought I should read it straight away so that I could follow discussion of the book on the forum.
I had not seen any of the work of any of the authors before – just their interchanges on what is a very friendly and cooperative forum. So I had no idea what to expect. But I was very pleasantly surprised by what I found. A very high standard of writing. Some very smart ideas for the stories. I think it would be unfair to single out any one item for praise, but the short piece “Kindling”, by Caroline Reid, should be printed as a pamphlet and handed to all those who say, as soon as you tell them you have a Kindle, that they could not possibly read anything which was not the “real book in the hand”.
I understand there are to be more Gallimaufreys. Go for it. The more the merrier. I may even come down from my ivory tower and plead for some of my own writing to be included. If I can match up to the standard.
October 5, 2012
Excellent collection of stories and poetry, especially those by Ignite and Kath Middleton. A mysterious selkie appears in one especially captivating story. Another surprising story features a three-way love affair. Note: I did not read the recipes, but the rest of the collection was well worth my reading time.
December 12, 2011
A lovely dip-in of the strange and imaginative with a good helping of very real life and some creative recipes, one of which looked at first to be full of typos until the penny dropped and it had me laughing out loud. Well done everyone!
December 27, 2011
If like me you have a wide range of reading tastes you'll find this book has something to offer. From short stories to poetry and even some culinary delights for you to sample, this is something you can dip into time and time again.
Highly reccomended.
Highly reccomended.
January 3, 2012
I really loved this collection of short stories (factual and fiction), poems and recipes. Heart warming, terrifying and very funny. 'Kindling' is my favourite short story. Great for dipping into and highly recommended as something for everyone.
January 30, 2012
This book was so much fun! I really enjoyed the short stories, which were all very different and a variety of genres.
Well done to all involved but I don't think I will be trying corny's curry!!
A great read for anyone
Well done to all involved but I don't think I will be trying corny's curry!!
A great read for anyone
July 22, 2013
A goodly collection of short stories, poems and even recipes by the folks of the UK Kindle group on Goodreads. Something for everyone and easy to dip into.
December 13, 2011
An enjoyable book with a great mix of stuff, short stories, poetry and recipes.
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