Monthly Archives: August 2009
Taking To Tel Aviv (and a little Competition)
By the time you read this I should be either waiting in the airport, on the plane (which doesn’t bare thinking about) or actually here… Tel Aviv, and my first ever time in Israel! Now you know me and I … Continue reading
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Books of Birmingham
Finally I have managed to get myself on the internet – hoorah! I can now finally show you the view form the suite (I nearly called this post ‘A Room With A View” but thought that was too cheesy, even … Continue reading
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Persephone from the Penthouse
Well I said that I would give you some of my favourite quotes I loved, and made the book so very much a “me” read, on the blog today and I shall it make take me quite some time though! … Continue reading
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Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
I will be the first to admit that this wasn’t one of the Man Booker Long List that I was looking forward to the most. I think the size and subject, despite lots and lots of rave reviews online and … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Fourth Estate Books, Hilary Mantel, Man Booker, Review
Polite Persephone Push
Now I want to prod you all in the direction of a very special week that the lovely Claire of Paperback Reader and Verity of The B Files are running. Yes, a day late on my blog – very rude, … Continue reading
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Summertime – J.M. Coetzee
I don’t know what’s happened with my blogs of late they seem to be getting later and later. I was quite a way ahead a few weeks ago but with all this Man Booker Long List reading I am doing … Continue reading
Filed under Harvill Secker Books, J. M. Coetzee, Man Booker, Random House Publishing, Review
When Places Inspire You To Read
A very quick post from me today as we still have my Aunty and her daughter staying for the weekend and we have lots of things planned but wanted to pop up a post that a day out yesterday inspired. … Continue reading
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Blogger Appreciation
Now I don’t like to blow my own trumpet or any of that malarkey but when I got the emails to say that I had been nominated for three awards at Book Blogger Appreciation Week I was completely shocked and … Continue reading
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Best Recent Read
Booking Through Thursday is again about ‘Recents’ this week. We have had ‘funny’, ‘serious’, ‘worst’ and now ‘best’. This week is genuinely going to be a quick blog post as my most recent best is easy. Without a doubt the … Continue reading
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Brooklyn – Colm Toibin
One thing that I particularly like about reading this year’s long list is that it is giving me the opportunity to read for the first time some authors that I have always wanted to try but never quite managed, or … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Colm Toibin, Man Booker, Penguin Books, Review, Viking Books
Books Hidden Treasures
Slightly quirky post from me today but it’s been very Man Booker heavy and thought would pop something a bit different in today’s blog. I meant to originally do this post after I had read Hotel Du Lac by Anita … Continue reading
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