Monthly Archives: October 2009
Conjugal Rites – Paul Magrs
I decided in the lead up to Halloween that rather than read a ‘chilling tale’, I would wait for that on the actual night and instead in the lead up to All Hallows Eve I would read something with a … Continue reading
Filed under Brenda & Effie, Headline Review, Paul Magrs, Review
All About The Blurb
As usual Booking Through Thursday has made me think about things differently, which is always a good thing. Today the question is “What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Goodbye To Berlin – Christopher Isherwood
This new method of just mooching through my shelves is already a vast improvement on the bookish burn out I was in danger of a while ago, and I am only on day four! Actually over lunch yesterday myself and … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Christopher Isherwood, Review, Vintage Classics
The Mathematics of Meltdown
This weekend I think is the closest I have ever been to having some sort of bloggers breakdown. Okay maybe that is a bit dramatic but everything seemed to get a little much and so I have shockingly, apart from … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
No Name – Wilkie Collins
A slightly late post for the Sensation Season Sunday this week but I don’t like to put the post up until have finished the book and had time to digest it for a while. I also have had what The … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Sensation Novels
Books On Books, Book People on Book People and Writers on Writing
I had a hunt through my blog and as far I could see (at first) I’d never done a post on ‘Books About Books’ even though I have read a few. Way, way back someone delightfully sent me a copy of So … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books About Books
The Paper House – Carlos Maria Dominguez
There will be a bigger post on ‘books about books’ and also on how this book and a surprising little bonus came into my hands tomorrow… but for now I will, if you will indulge me, give you my thoughts … Continue reading
One Author, One Question
There was going to be another post today (it even appeared briefly) but I have pushed that back a few days as I have actually started reading one of the books it concerned which has made me want to edit the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Twilight – William Gay
We all have to admit that we can guilty of buying books for their covers, I know I am. My latest read Twilight by William Gay was one, though bizarrely when I used to work next door to the TLS … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, Review, William Gay
Howards End is on the Landing – Susan Hill
I don’t think that I have seen a book so written about on so many blogs in the space of a week or two as I have with Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill. This should be, … Continue reading
Filed under Books About Books, Books of 2009, Profile Books, Review, Susan Hill
The Brontes Went To Woolworths – Rachel Ferguson
Now I mentioned earlier that I would be popping up a post of one of the books that has been one of my favourite books of the year so far. Now by favourite I don’t mean “best literary read” of the … Continue reading
Filed under Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, Rachel Ferguson, Review
