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I swear, I’m trying to get my shit together and do some blogging. It’s just that LIFE is getting in the way. Being ill + family events/visits + I’m getting married in two months + work = ARGH.
While I attempt to pull together thoughts on at least three books (Henry Dunbar by Mary Elizabeth Braddon; [...]
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July 7, 2010 in blogs Tagged atheism, books, child free, feminism, frieda kahlo, meerkats, motherhood, poetry, skepticism
The dust is beginning to settle, I’m beginning to get my reading mojo back, and that means I can begin to get back to some sort of regular blogging. Phew, it’s been an odd few weeks. So, where are we?
First up, bloody hell, I’m 8th in Wikio’s Top Culture Blogs! Now, this definitely isn’t an [...]
May 6, 2010 in blogs, book acquisitions, feminism, fiction, not the tv book group, politics, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
I continue to be a bad, bad blogger. Well, my great aunt’s funeral was yesterday, and I was away for a few days, and time seems to have altogether got away from me. It happens, I suppose.
The truth is, I still haven’t been reading as much as normal, and I’m finding it a real struggle [...]
In the middle of February, I imposed upon myself a book-buying embargo. This was for three main reasons:
Saving money for wedding expenses
I have a massive number of books already in my house waiting to be read
I want to make more of an effort to support my local library by making use of their (prodigious) services
However, that doesn’t [...]
April 22, 2010 in book acquisitions, fiction
Tagged books, canongate, constable & robinson, harper press
Tagged books, canongate, constable & robinson, harper press
Other things I have been reading, and which you should read too:
Election Sexism Watch – Cath posts the first in what will no doubt be a depressingly long series.
The New Humanist asks what the three main political parties have to say to atheists/humanists.
Monique Roffey, author of The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, on the [...]
April 7, 2010 in blogs, feminism, links, literature, news & media, politics
Tagged babysitters club, books, election, links, politics, sexism
Tagged babysitters club, books, election, links, politics, sexism
Monday is a good day for the random.
Trawling teh interwebz, as I tend to do, I stumbled upon All Lit Up, a newish blog by Jenny and Fliss, about – unsurprisingly – books. I’m already following Jenny’s personal blog, Babblings of a Beligerant Bibliophile, so I don’t know why it took me so long to [...]
March 29, 2010 in blogs, literature, personal, randomness
Tagged blogs, books, librarything, random monday
Tagged blogs, books, librarything, random monday
A round up of things bouncing around my head.
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I am absorbed in Wolf Hall. I’m about a third of the way through it, and all I really want to be doing is reading it, curled up on the sofa in front of the fire. There is always something nerve-racking about reading [...]
March 22, 2010 in blogs, book news, cats, fiction, not the tv book group, personal, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged books, cats, not the tv book group, reading the orange prize
Tagged books, cats, not the tv book group, reading the orange prize
I’ve had a couple of days away from the blogosphere, so I’m way behind in blog reading (hello Google Reader and your 300+ unread posts) and commenting. So, while I’m catching up, here are a few things I have managed to read over the last few days:
A new report suggests that there should be more [...]
March 15, 2010 in book news, feminism, links, victorian literature
Tagged amazon, anthony gormley, books, feminism, links
Tagged amazon, anthony gormley, books, feminism, links
In happier news, today, March 4th, is World Book Day. Now, I know there are about a bazillion ‘days’ for all sort of industries. For example, this month alone in the UK sees:
National Bed Month
Veggie Month
Fair Trade Fortnight (22 Feb-7 Mar)
Self Injury Awareness Day (1 Mar)
World Maths Day (3 Mar)
World Book Day (4 Mar)
National Doodle [...]
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
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