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Sorry people, I have been meaning to blog for the last couple of days but the non-interweb-world kept having the audacity of getting in the way. I shall be writing a stiff letter of complaint to the authorities, be assured. Anyway, beetling about the interwebs yesterday, I came across a book meme that I hadn’t [...]
The blogosphere has been a-buzz with chatter about Howard’s End is on the Landing. This is Susan Hill’s year of reading from home, taking in no new books except those which she is to review for papers; that’s part of her job so is understandably exempt from the project. I first heard about the book [...]
October 26, 2009 in auto/biography, blogs, literature, review
Tagged blogs, books, howard's end is on the landing, non-fiction, susan hill
Tagged blogs, books, howard's end is on the landing, non-fiction, susan hill
…things you should read:
Farmlane Books asks whether a similar taste in books is important in a partner
Susan Hill is blogging again – hurrah!
From The F Word – Consumer Direct… Are we missing something?
From The Quack Doctor – La Vida Vibrator!
Vulpes Libris interviews M.J. Hyland
From The Reader Online – Literacy changes your brain
Tabloid Watch on Jan [...]
No post today. I’m full of the lurgy and slightly delirious on Sudafed. Look at the pretty moggy instead.
Kirsty x
Here’s a good thing. Inspired by Hollaback NYC, Hollaback UK is a place for people – especially women – to fight back against street harrassment.
No matter where you are, who you are, or what you are wearing, you have the right to feel safe. Holla back at street harassers, let them know that we won’t [...]
I suppose in the light of an article I’ve just read about the dangers of not mentioning whether a book was bought or given for free I should ‘fess up straight away here and say that Prince Rupert’s Teardrop was not only given to me for free, but given to me by the author herself. [...]
October 20, 2009 in fiction, review
Tagged fiction, lisa glass, prince rupert's teardrop, two ravens press
Tagged fiction, lisa glass, prince rupert's teardrop, two ravens press
Thank you everyone who entered. I didn’t think I’d have so many people throw their metaphorical hats into the ring, so I’m chuffed really. But, without further ado, the winners!
I selected both winners with the help of random.org. I listed the names for each book in the order that you left your comments. I had [...]
After a small falling-out with DHL I’ve finally taken delivery of my bargainous Booker Shortlist parcel from The Book People. The joy of having snagged all six hardbacks for £35 is enough to soothe the after effects of trying to find out whether the box was in the depot or on the van or arriving [...]
October 15, 2009 in fiction, prizes
Tagged booker prize, books, fiction, giveaway, j.m. coetzee, sarah waters
Tagged booker prize, books, fiction, giveaway, j.m. coetzee, sarah waters
Two weeks after having handed in the dissertation the pain is fading. Suddenly I’m looking back on the whole thing very fondly, instead of remembering the fact I was tearing my hair out with stress/panic in the last few weeks. Is academia like they say childbirth is like? You forget the pain? I don’t know.
What [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, I have found something truly spectacular. Three times in the last two days, the following catalogue has fallen from my magazine/home shopping box. Behold: Presents For Men.
At first flick, I was settling in for some general female-exclusion. I was warming up my feminist muscles in preparation. But on closer inspection, I realised [...]
Not the TV Book Group
Sun 07 Feb: Brodeck's Report - Philippe Claudel
Sun 21 Feb: The Girl with the Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
Sun 07 Mar: Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Sun 21 Mar: The Illusionist - Jennifer Johnston
Sun 11 Apr: Skin Lane - Neil Bartlett
Sun 25 Apr: The Boys in the Trees - Mary Swan
Sun 09 May: A Short Gentleman - Jon Canter
Sun 23 May: Fledgling - Octavia E. ButlerReading Challenge
The Equality Illusion - Kat Banyard
The Women's Room - Marilyn French
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist - Jill Tweedie
Ideala - Sarah Grand
Singled Out - Virginia Nicholson
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple - Alice Walker-
You like me! You really like me!
Thanks to NadiaThe Small Print
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