Browsing the blog archives for December, 2009

Christmas Book Booty

Well, I hope you all had very happy Christmasses. Kirsty Towers seems very quiet now after having family down from Glasgow for a few days. We had a lot of fun, a lot of food, and occasionally rather too much wine – but that’s Christmas for you. I now have pretty much an entire week [...]

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December 29, 2009 by Kirsty in auto/biography, essays, fiction, history, personal
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Muppetry

Sod The X Factor vs Rage Against the Machine, I think this should be Christmas number 1.

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December 18, 2009 by Kirsty in music, video
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Women Unbound Reading Challenge

I’ve never really been one for reading challenges. I did start one once, but that was the year I began my Masters and it quickly went out this window. However, I’ve seen a few posts about the Women Unbound challenge over the past few days and I’ve decided to take part. This year I won’t [...]

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December 17, 2009 by Kirsty in auto/biography, feminism, fiction, history, women's history
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Christmas Reading

This is another thing I did last year: planning some reading for the two weeks between me finishing work on Friday and going back to work on Monday 4 January. Allowing for the fact that we have family coming to stay with us in Oxford over Christmas, I have picked out two books per week [...]

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December 16, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism, fiction, personal, politics
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Kirsty’s Books of 2009

It’s that time of year again, and after posting the 2009 meme yesterday, I’m back today with Kirsty’s Official Top 10 Books of 2009. For those who are on the Palimpsest forum, this list is already up there, and I reserve the right to edit this should something come along in the next two weeks [...]

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December 15, 2009 by Kirsty in personal, review
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End of Year Book Meme

I, along with many other book bloggers, did this meme last year, reflecting on my 2008 reading. I’ve decided to do it again this year, so without further ado… Do let me know in the comments if you’ve done it this year as well.
How many books read in 2009?
So far, an even more disappointing than [...]

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December 14, 2009 by Kirsty in memes
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Christmas gifts for literary geeks

Behold! It’s Kirsty’s guide to buying for the literary geeks in your life (assuming you’ve already bought them, you know, actual books):
How about a bag made out of a book?
I really, really want this banned books bracelet.

The perfect accompianment to being curled up in a chair with a book. A mug bearing the legend “She [...]

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December 11, 2009 by Kirsty in Uncategorized, book news
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Someone at a Distance – Dorothy Whipple (1953)

The post-WWII period is not a period of literature with which I am terribly familiar. My general interest lies between about 1860-1920, then jumps forward into the 1970s and onwards from there. That leaves 50 years where I have scratched the surface thanks to the odd book and my undergraduate 20thC course, but no more [...]

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December 10, 2009 by Kirsty in fiction, review
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The Centre of the Bed: An Autobiography – Joan Bakewell (2003)

Apologies for the lack of posts. I have been super-busy both at work and home over the last few days, and I’ve barely had a moment to myself. What I can tell you is that I am absolutely adoring Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple, so big thanks to Dovegrey Reader for the recommendation.
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December 2, 2009 by Kirsty in auto/biography, women's history
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