Hi, I'm Kay Barrett and I am an amateur writer and artist from Yorkshire, England. I go by the nickname spacebee or vonspacebee on most internet sites. This website is my personal blog. For poetry and flash fiction please visit this blog . You can also follow me on Twitter here Please note that all content …
26 Days of Jest: Day 26
Today we are reading pages 949 to 981 AKA the end AKA we did it AKA thank the baby Jesus WE HAVE FINISHED THIS GOD DAMN BOOK! And it's also the season finale of Rupaul's Drag Race this weekend so, I know I've already used this as a gif theme, but come on... they have …
26 Days of Jest: Day 25
It is the penultimate day! Pages 907 to 949 today! And there are some interesting conversations afoot. Ooh, that's a bit Sherlock. What was that quote again? Never mind. On! To page 907! - Page 908. Uh-oh. Looks like The Darkness is sans part of his face. Ouch. Hal is sinking deep into a depression, …
26 Days of Jest: Day 24
Today's reading is pages 875 to 907. We are having a heatwave here in the U.K. and I am melting. That is all. Don't know what the gif theme will be. If there even is one. It's just too hot! Crank up the air-con, let's go! - Page 876. So we are in a meeting …
26 Days of Jest: Day 23
So it's day 23 and we are reading 833 to 875. For no other reason than it was just mentioned in the book, today's gif theme is Ren and Stimpy. - Page 835. We are assuming that the "wraith" visiting Gately in hospital is the ghost of Jim Incandenza then? Why is he visiting …
26 Days of Jest: day 22
Today we are reading pages 801 to 833. We pick up where we left off, with Hal visiting a weird Narcotics Anonymous meeting where men hold teddy bears and cry. - Page 805. Jesus how did DFW's editor let him get away with so much w/o and w/r/t shit? Btw this bit is boring. He's …
26 Days of Jest: Day 21
Hello folks. Today we are reading pages 759 to 801. We start with Mario on his way to the office of the "Moms" and the person who could be the "Dads", Charles Tavis. - Page 763. Nobody in this family has good teeth. I'm finding it hard to get a mental picture of Avril. I …
26 Days of Jest: Day 20
Today we are reading pages 727 to 759. It feels like the home stretch! The last quarter of the book, yay! Btw as the weekend saw the last episode in the current season of Bob's Burgers, and I'm really quite sad about it, all gifs will be Bob's Burgers related. - Page 729. Lenz is …
26 Days of Jest: Day 19
Today we are reading pages 685 to 727. It's Election Day here in the U.K. and I am anxious as all shit (hoping that Labour get a surprise landslide) so hopefully this will take my mind off things. Okay it seems I stopped a bit too early yesterday (I blame the migraine) so let's recap …
26 Days of Jest: Day 18
Today we are reading pages 653 to 685! I've had a migraine all morning and I'm not sure I'm ready for this, but here we sodding go. I'm doped up on Nurofen so let's have at it. Right. Where are we? At a tennis match. Of course. Helen Steeply is here to talk to Hal …
26 Days of Jest: Day 17
Good morning! Pull up a pew. I've had about 11 hours sleep, so yay. I'm also back to work for the first time in 5 days and it's raining, boo. Swings and roundabouts. Pages 611 to 653 today. We were in the middle of a hillbilly shoot-out. Kind of. Yeehaw! - Page 611. Lenz is …
