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It’s that time of year again, the papers are full of summer reading suggestions. Everyone and their pet budgie comes out and tells us what they’ll be reading while sunning themselves in foreign climes, whether it be chick lit or Tolstoy. Well, everyone can stop talking about it now, because I think I’ve just found [...]
July 22, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction
Tagged cevannes, fiction, france, rosy thornton, summer, the tapestry of love
Tagged cevannes, fiction, france, rosy thornton, summer, the tapestry of love
The TV Book Club is back, and so is the Not the TV Book Group. Well, ish. Over 16 weeks earlier this year, our little band of four (myself along with Lynne of Dovegrey Reader Scribbles, Simon of Savidge Reads, and Kim of Reading Matters) read and dissected eight quite different books with the help [...]
I don’t read as much poetry as I’d like to. In my late teens and early twenties I read lots and lots, but I sort of fell out of the habit, for reasons I can’t put my finger on. One poet I have continued to read, however, is our current Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. [...]
June 25, 2010 in book thoughts, poetry, science & technology
Tagged carol ann duffy, ibooks, iphone, love poems, poet laureate, poetry
Tagged carol ann duffy, ibooks, iphone, love poems, poet laureate, poetry
Today I bring you a special guest post by a very special guest: none other than my betrothed. I’ve mentioned on here before that he isn’t a big reader (or at least, not compared to me) but what he does read tends to be non-fiction. He’s particularly interested in post-war British history, and recently read [...]
June 24, 2010 in book thoughts, history
Tagged 1970s, andy beckett, history, non-fiction, when the lights went out
Tagged 1970s, andy beckett, history, non-fiction, when the lights went out
Look everyone, a blog post! Sorry, time has been getting away from me recently, and something had to give. Blogging it was, unfortunately. I have been reading, albeit slowly, and I’ll be talking about two books I’ve recently finished (both Victorian novels) at a later date. Today I want to talk about E.L. Doctorow’s modern [...]
June 23, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction
Tagged american fiction, e l doctorow, fiction, new york, race, ragtime
Tagged american fiction, e l doctorow, fiction, new york, race, ragtime
My friends will testify to the level of loathing I possess for the Twilight (Twiglet) series. I attempted the first book once, mainly just to see what the fuss was all about, and found the writing to be so brain-meltingly awful that I was overcome by an insatiable desire to stick pins in my eyes. [...]
June 3, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, not the tv book group
Tagged fledgling, not the tv book group, octavia e butler, twilight, vampires
Tagged fledgling, not the tv book group, octavia e butler, twilight, vampires
Other things I have been reading, and think that you should read too:
The F Word is trying to raise money for a site redesign.
Sotheby’s are auctioning some amazing books, including a signed edition of A Christmas Carol.
For Books’ Sake is teaming up with Ladyfest Ten! Books + Feminism = Very Happy Kirsty
FutureBook reviews the iPad.
The [...]
I’m all of a fankle with my days at the moment. I was away from Friday until yesterday but now I keep thinking it’s Monday. Which accounts for the fact that Random Monday is on a Tuesday today. Sort of.
This is what happens. I go to random.org, and get a random number between 1 and [...]
June 1, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, literature, television
Tagged bbc, big read, book of books, non-fiction
Tagged bbc, big read, book of books, non-fiction
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