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St Valentine's Day is soon.

Today I am giving you a review.

Today I am reviewing an anthology of Scottish poets.

As a new month dawns upon us that means that there will be a new author of the month. The theme will still be Scottish authors but the author of the month is changing to the poet Don Paterson.

Here is my post today and it is what I have read this month... As the first month of the new year ends, this is a look back at what I have been reading throughout the month. 1: Treasure Island   (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. This adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson was something I devoured with Stevenson being author of the month this month. You can check out my review of the novel from earlier in the month. 2: Transport information. Because I am likely going out for the day somewhere I have been looking at transport options and information to ensure I know where to get on and off, along with making sure I would be able to get home. 3: My French. Every time I do my French I am given reading tasks to help me with the learning of French. It is something I always do and never plan to stop. I have been learning French for over seven hundred days now with my Chess. 4: Book titles, authors book blurbs. Reading books means hunting for books by author and/or title. Sometimes I re...

Today I am giving you a short story about a woman, named Grace who wants a good year, but things do not always go to plan. This is my short story entitled  Fireworks. I hope you enjoy it. Fireworks... The fireworks go off and I am still awake. I am struggling to process the news that was delivered at the dinner party. I wanted to start this new year as good as possible. I kept telling myself that this year would be better than the shipwreck of a year I have just said goodbye to. Nan died, my aunt Janine threw Uncle Morgan out for being a cheating pig (which ruined Dan's birthday), one of children was followed home and attacked for not being white... Need I go on? I just thought that this year, perhaps things could be different. I wouldn't have to see racist uncle Morgan in my life anymore. How can someone be racist to their own family? Dan, my half-brother was so distraught that his first birthday without his wife was ruined. Dan finally seemed to be getting his life back on tr...