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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 [...]
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June 24, 2010 in book thoughts, history Tagged 1970s, andy beckett, history, non-fiction, when the lights went out
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
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 [...]
March 3, 2010 in auto/biography, book thoughts
Tagged american, autobiography, jonathan franzen, memoir, non-fiction, the discomfort zone
Tagged american, autobiography, jonathan franzen, memoir, non-fiction, the discomfort zone
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
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, book thoughts
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, book thoughts, literature
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
We have, it would appear, always been fascinated with the darker side of human nature. Whether it be the many people who, up until the late 19th century, took daytrips to lunatic asylums to gawk at the patients, or the fact that I worked in bookshops for four years and True Crime was the biggest-selling [...]
January 6, 2009 in book thoughts, history, victorian history
Tagged crime, kate summerscale, non-fiction, victorian
Tagged crime, kate summerscale, non-fiction, victorian
You’ve read all the Christmas Books sections of the newspapers. You’ve listened to the radio round-ups. But when it comes down to it, what you really want to know is…
What books did Kirsty love this year?
Perfectly understandable of you all, of course. Without further ado, then, here are my ten favourite books read in 2008 [...]
December 19, 2008 in fiction, personal, victorian history, victorian literature
Tagged fiction, history, non-fiction, victorian
Tagged fiction, history, non-fiction, victorian
With three separate university-related projects going on at the moment, I’ve had no time throughout December to read for pure, unadulterated pleasure. That’s not to say that I’ve not enjoyed the essay reading, because I’ve enjoyed it very much for the most part. BUT I’ve promised myself that other than some re-drafting of my term [...]
December 18, 2008 in fiction, history, literature, victorian history
Tagged fiction, non-fiction, victorian
Tagged fiction, non-fiction, victorian
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