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Can there be any bigger ‘discomfort zone’ than growing up?
I picked this book up on a whim a few days ago. I hadn’t managed to get into the book I was reading at the time and was looking for something completely different. That day I had also rearranged a couple of bookshelves in a fit [...]
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March 3, 2010 in auto/biography, review Tagged american, autobiography, jonathan franzen, memoir, non-fiction, the discomfort zone
I just saw this story in The Bookseller:
John Blake is publishing an up-to-date account of Cheryl and Ashley Cole’s turbulent relationship, entitled Love Wars… John Blake said: “It’s a brilliantly poignant love story of two young people torn apart by success beyond their wildest dreams.”
Is it just me who immediately thought “Oh FFS”?
February 24, 2010 in auto/biography, book news, personal, publishing
Tagged ashley cole, celebrity, cheryl cole, publishing
Tagged ashley cole, celebrity, cheryl cole, publishing
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 [...]
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 [...]
December 17, 2009 in auto/biography, feminism, fiction, history, women's history
Tagged books, feminism, reading challenge, women unbound
Tagged books, feminism, reading challenge, women unbound
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.
Over [...]
December 2, 2009 in auto/biography, women's history
Tagged autobiography, bbc, cambridge, feminism, harold pinter, joan bakewell, media, non-fiction, the centre of the bed, women's history
Tagged autobiography, bbc, cambridge, feminism, harold pinter, joan bakewell, media, non-fiction, the centre of the bed, women's history
The 2009 Costa Prize shortlists are now out, and what everyone’s asking is will Hilary Mantel make it a Booker/Costa double? I can already see that my loyalties will be torn as my new favourite novelist Penelope Lively is up against Ms. Mantel.
Costa Novel Award
Family Album by Penelope Lively
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Elephant Keeper [...]
November 25, 2009 in auto/biography, fiction, prizes
Tagged biography, books, children's books, costa, costa book awards, fiction, poetry, prizes
Tagged biography, books, children's books, costa, costa book awards, fiction, poetry, prizes
In the midst of my reading block, there was one book which I read from cover to cover in one evening. Mind you, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God by Frank Warren is as much a book to enjoy visually than to “read” as such.
Je t’ai quitté parce qu’elle habite 1km plus près que [...]
November 17, 2009 in auto/biography, blogs, review
Tagged books, frank warren, non-fiction, postsecret
Tagged books, frank warren, non-fiction, postsecret
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
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-
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