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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

The passionless and scratchy narration, makes this read even grimmer.

Reading a book like this, with Saunders explaining what these short stories mean, what the writer is doing and even how to write, makes me think.

At school I should've stopped dreaming of playing football for Leeds United, or cricket for England and spending all the crazy hours associated with that, and just mucked around writing ✍️

Oh, and maybe I shouldn't have dropped out of English at 15 😬

I know I like to call something early - a wee bit premature one might say - but this WILL BE in my top 5 for 2026. Foolish to call it on the 3rd of January????

This is good - THANKS LISA!!!!!

Walter Elliot is a superficial wanker (academically speaking).

Smashing.
Lovely.
Fabulous.

Oh come on Anne!!!!!!!

Well it's time to bite the "Austen-Bullet" 😬😬

Interesting start though.

Funny.

I don't want this to end - but guess what?? There's 4 more books to gobble up in this series!! Yes - WINNING!!!

My word, that last chapter was Kurt Vonnegut-ish.