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After The Readathon, Lists
Bookshelves of Halldór Laxness by qtea I spent most of Monday enjoying the sunshine and curling up under lilac trees to finish my mini-readathon. Choosing my pile of books and looking over my Classics...
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Review: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson
It's funny how a set of ingredients can be mixed in different ways. Looking at my notes of 'bevy of older academics, social snobbery, humour in the hierarchical dynamics' you'd be forgiven for...
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Review: Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
I've come to reading von Arnim's book via a rather circuitous route. I first heard of her via someone's review of The Caravaners in about 2009 I think. Then she kept popping up in my non-fiction...
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Shuffling My Classics Club List
Way back in June last year I wrote my Classics Clubs list. I tried to take a different angle on it, balancing my list of 52 titles equally between male and female authors and aiming only to include...
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Review: The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
A classic of war fiction, The Return of the Soldier centres on the return of Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of World War One. Suffering from shellshock, he's forgotten the last fifteen years...
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A Week of Cleaning, Contemplation, Cauliflower and… Virginia Woolf
Autumn by Ramon Peco So I'm going to do this as three parts: a general update, a cooking update for VeganMoFo and a bookish update for my lovely fellow bookfiends... :) Continue reading →
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The Reading Experience is 70% The Reader…
I found this delicious quote from Robert Jackson Bennett in an article he wrote about writers responding to their reviews. It’s just about perfect at crystalising the gap between an author and their...
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A Few Thoughts On The Century of Books…
Old books by David FloresRecently Simon over at Stuck in a Book announced that he would be hosting his Century of Books challenge (to read one book for every year between 1900-2000) again in 2014.It...
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A Favourite Poem: Books by Billy Collins
I have always loved Billy Collins' poetry but reading Susan Hill's laments that she doesn't read enough poetry these days prompted me to pull one of his collections, Taking Off Emily Dickinson's...
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The October 2013 Readathon
I've kicked my readathon off at 00:01 UK time today as usual. The official start time is 00:01 for the Pacific time zone which equates to 13:01 UK time but honestly, I've tried doing lunchtime to...
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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Thoughts
I'm not even going to pretend this is a review like those I normally write, the universe really doesn't need my attempts to summarise the unquantifiable when so many papers are floating around the...
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Review: Oroonoko by Aphra Behn
It's been a while since I read it but I wanted to write up a few thoughts on my last book jar pick, Oroonoko, before I choose another title from the jar and before I begin writing up the books read...
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The Book Jar 4: Time For A Wildcard
Background: A book jar is a pretty, positive way of gathering together all the titles you want to read or have on your To Be Read pile onto slips of coloured paper so you can add an element of...
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Reading Review: October 2013
I've spent all my leisure time this month walking to exhaustion and loved every minute of dodging storms and showers, crunching golden leaves underfoot and occasionally standing on hills in the...
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My Life In Books…
I'm remarkably delighted to have been included in Simon's series of My Life In Books over at his blog, Stuck in a Book. I imagine there's quite an overlap between those who read my blog and those who...
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Review: Desdemona – If You Had Only Spoken! by Christine Brückner
A surprising (but very useful) chance find in a secondhand bookshop last month, this was my first read for German Literature Month. The subtitle gives a feel for the book's structure, 'Eleven...
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Review – 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke
Last month I decided to be adventurous and pull out a wildcard from my book jar and got Arthur C Clarke - definitely a wildcard for me since I think I've only ever read two or three hard sci-fi books...
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Video: Girls Who Read by Mark Grist
I have another book review lined up for tomorrow but today I just have to share this wonderful video of Mark Grist's poem, Girls Who Read... Continue reading →
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Review: Kudrun by Anonymous
If finding Desdemona – If You Had Only Spoken! in Kirkstall Bookshop in October was a surprise and perfect timing for German Literature Month, finding this in the same visit left me thanking the book...
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