Monthly Archives: September 2009
Henrietta’s War – Joyce Dennys
Do you ever have the inkling that a book might just be so completely and utterly ‘you’ that you actually put off reading it for quite some time as you are scared of being right? Now I know that sounds … Continue reading
Filed under Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, Books of 2009, Joyce Dennys, Review
This Just Goes To Show…
You know what I was saying earlier about too many books? Well not long after that post had ‘gone live’ in fact once I was at work and being very busy and important and in fact had been being very busy and … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Book Guilt… A Short Solution
With the never ending influx of books (which I love) arriving in the post from you lovely people, from publishers or through my own excessive book shopping spree’s every now and again I need a good book sort. The next … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Armadale – Wilkie Collins
Oops… I know, I know this is a day later than it should have been. As I mentioned yesterday I have no excuses for not finishing this book in time for one on my ‘Sensation Season Sunday’s’ apart from the … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Penguin Classics, Review, Sensation Novels, Wilkie Collins
Armadale Admition…
Well I have always said that I will be 100% honest with this blog and so I need to fess up. I havent come close to finishing Armadale… well am only 240 pages off, but I simply can’t give you … Continue reading
Filed under Sensation Novels
Dorian Gray – The Movie
I mentioned the other day that myself and the delightful Novel Insights were off to see the movie Dorian Gray which I was quite shocked so few of you had heard was out, maybe just for once they have released a … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books To Film
Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
I don’t normally review books before they come out officially as though I like to get people excited about a book I always think if you do it too far in advance people will forget or you may just alienate … Continue reading
The Saddest Reads
Today’s Booking Through Thursday carries on with the ‘recent theme’ and asks us “What’s the saddest book you’ve read recently?” I have had to really wrack my brains about this one as I don’t think I have read any particularly … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
This Evening, When You Read This…
…I shall be stuffing my face, full of popcorn and chocolates with the delightful Novel Insights by my side whilst we both watch this… After reading the book recently I am actually really looking forward to the film. I also think its the perfect … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books To Film
Corduroy Mansions – Alexander McCall Smith
I was delightfully recently asked to take part in the ‘online blogger book group’ for the new Alexander McCall Series (and sequel to Corduroy Mansions) in The Telegraph. Now you all know me well enough by now that I cant … Continue reading
Filed under Alexander McCall Smith, Review
What Makes A Modern Sensation?
When I first set out to originally have a ‘Sensation September’ one of the reasons it swiftly became a ‘Sensation Season’ instead was that there were not only too many sensation novels from the original era that I wanted to … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Sensation Novels
The Woman In Black – Susan Hill
In taking on my own challenge to read as much sensation fiction as possible over the next few months as part of my ‘Sensation Season’ I didn’t just want to stick with the originals for out there in the never … Continue reading
Filed under Give Away, Review, Susan Hill, Vintage Books
What Our Furniture Says About Us
Just a very quick reminder that the new sequel to ‘Corduroy Mansions’ Alexander McCall Smith series starts today. You can read the first chapter of the book right here. I won’t be reading it today,even though I was lucky enough … Continue reading
Filed under Alexander McCall Smith, Book Thoughts
The Law & The Lady – Wilkie Collins
And so it is already to the second of The Sensation Season novels and Wilkie Collins ‘The Law & The Lady’. Now before I do go on to discuss my ‘book I do feel a little bit of a con-man … Continue reading
Filed under Penguin Classics, Review, Sensation Novels, Wilkie Collins
