Browsing the archives for the penelope lively tag

More new books and a change of NTTVBG dates

Morning all. Before I go any further, can I just say a huge THANK YOU to Simon for hosting another excellent Not the TV Book Group discussion yesterday. We were talking about The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw and the discussion is always open if you still want to join in. And, [...]

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February 22, 2010 by Kirsty in blogs, book acquisitions, fiction, not the tv book group, victorian literature
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Perfect Happiness – Penelope Lively (1983)

I had heard of Penelope Lively. Of course I had. She wrote Moon Tiger, winner of the 1987 Booker Prize. People across the blogosphere raved about her. I used to work in a bookshop and have responsibility for fiction; I’ve shelved her books countless times. I even listened avidly in 2007 when her novel Consequences [...]

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November 18, 2009 by Kirsty in book thoughts, fiction
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Reclaiming my Reading Mojo

Phew! Am I glad that’s over! By which, of course, I refer to my two-week reading (and therefore blogging) paralysis. It was torture. Wandering around my house, looking at all my bookshelves, it was like being in a cake shop but having absolutely no appetite. I kept picking books up, tasting a morsel, but found [...]

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November 16, 2009 by Kirsty in fiction, personal
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