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Because I just can’t resist a book meme.
Total number of books owned:
According to LibraryThing, 1654. This is just my books, not FH’s. At last count he has around 300 or so, mostly music-related non-fiction, some modern history, a lot of Peanuts.
Last book bought:
As recently reported, I splurged with birthday book tokens recently and [...]
March 2, 2010 in memes, personal
Tagged books, bronte, margaret atwood, meme, roald dahl, virginia woolf
Tagged books, bronte, margaret atwood, meme, roald dahl, virginia woolf
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
It’s funny, I was reading Simon’s post the other day about that pile of books that nags you out of the corner of your eye, and I can totally relate to it. I have four books on the go at the moment, and I’m seemingly having difficulty finishing any of them. Not because I’m not [...]
February 18, 2010 in fiction, not the tv book group, personal
Tagged classical mythology, fiction, reading, weddings
Tagged classical mythology, fiction, reading, weddings
As I so delicately mentioned in my last post, Friday was my birthday, and I’m pleased to say that I received lots of very lovely books, not to mention some as-yet-unspent book tokens.
Behold:
Silent in the Sanctuary and Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn – these are neo-Victorian novels, and if the first volume of [...]
I’m not here. It’s my birthday. I’ll be down the pub.
I have had lots of lovely books (not to mention very welcome book tokens) so I’ll be back soon to tell you all about my latest haul.
Kirsty x
The blogosphere is apparently awash with interesting new projects, and here’s another great one courtesy of one of my fellow Not the TV Book Group members, Simon at Savidge Reads.
Who else out there is fed up with only getting bills, junk mail and takeaway menu’s through there letterbox (well apart from the odd fabulous arrival of [...]
I have, if you haven’t noticed, been away for a few days. FH and I decided that we fancied a jaunt up to Edinburgh to see friends and family, and generally to see the city outside the festival season (the only chance I’ve had to go up there in the last couple of years is [...]
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 [...]
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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