5 April

Reading all day. I dislike Mudie's novels so *very* much! She writes entirely from memory, which means that her stories are entirely unbelievable, and more than usually boring. Besides, Mudie is very old indeed and has far too short a memory for such entirely lengthy books. And besides that, her novels always end *happily*. I don't like novels that end happily. If I am going to read for days on end, I must be allowed to cry. What else is reading for?