https://livesteven.com/2026/07/29/do-booker-winners-become-so-for-a-reason-the-2026-longlist-came-out-on-28-august/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-07-29T07:45:19+00:00Do Booker winners become so for a reason? The 2026 Longlist came out on 28 Julydailyprompt, books, reading, fiction, dailyprompt-2838, booker-prize, book, longlist-2026, link-to-blogs-on-books-readhttps://livesteven.com/2026/07/28/as-i-read-jem-calders-celebrated-novel-i-want-you-to-be-happy-ella-fitzgeralds-best-known-lyric-sung-through-as-if-it-has-lived-with-me-forever-this-is-really-a-b/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-07-28T20:42:07+00:00As I read Jem Calder’s celebrated novel ‘I Want You to Be Happy’, Ella Fitzgerald’s best-known lyric sung through as if it has lived with me forever. This is really a blog on that novel.dailyprompt, poetry, writing, books, book-review, fiction, romance, dailyprompt-2836, songs, i-want-to-be-happy-lyrics, jem-calder, i-want-you-to-be-happy-novelhttps://livesteven.com/2026/07/27/i-think-i-will-choose-as-a-quote-that-perfectly-describes-my-life-robert-brownings-feeling-for-foot-hold-through-a-blank-profound/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-07-27T09:40:23+00:00I think I will choose as ‘a quote that perfectly describes my life’ Robert Browning’s ‘Feeling for foot-hold through a blank profound, …’dailyprompt, poetry, writing, poem, poems, books, dailyprompt-2844, robert-browning, death-in-the-desert, guidance