Monthly Archives: December 2009
Books of 2009
As the end of the year draws in I find that I become quite reflective. I have actually had a bit of an issue with reading this week and wonder if that is an end of year thing, more on … Continue reading
Filed under Agatha Christie, Andrea Levy, Books of 2009, Colm Toibin, Daniel Keyes, David Garnett, David Vann, Ellen Wood, Evie Wyld, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Orwell, Hilary Mantel, John Curran, Jude Morgan, Kamila Shamsie, Margaret Atwood, Stella Duffy, Susan Hill, Tom Rob Smith, Truman Capote, Wilkie Collins
Legend of a Suicide – David Vann
It seems strange to me that two of the best books I have read in 2009 have been within the last few weeks of it. I am also going to possibly sound like a stuck record when I tell you … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, David Vann, Penguin Books, Review, Viking Books
End of Year Meme 2009
So as the end of 2009 creeps ever closer I thought I would once more take part in a yearly Meme. I did this back in 2008 after seeing it on Stuck in a Book and adapting it somewhat. This … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books of 2009
After The Fire, A Still Small Voice – Evie Wyld
One of the things that I have really loved about 2009 is extending the network of bloggers that I have met. This of course has lead me to some books and authors that I would possibly have missed. One such … Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes
One of my favourite characters in literature and one of the best fictional detectives ever has to be Sherlock Holmes. It is also down to him and the unusual way that I was introduced to him by a very special … Continue reading
Filed under Arthur Conan Doyle, Book Thoughts, Books To Film
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding – Agatha Christie
I don’t think that for a Christmas read you could do better than a title ‘The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding’ especially when it’s followed by the tag line ‘and a selection of Entrée’s’ the fact it is written by Agatha … Continue reading
Filed under Agatha Christie, Harper Collins, Review
Merry Christmas
I am sure most of you won’t be blogging or reading blogs today, I know I won’t be (and will admit I have scheduled this post and a few others over the holidays) as have guests to tend to and a dinner for … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Agatha Raisin & Kissing Christmas Goodbye – M.C. Beaton
This year for the first time ever I decided to get myself involved in some seasonal reading. Christmas tends to be the period when I read lots and lots of guilty pleasures and one or two big books I have … Continue reading
Filed under Agatha Raisin, Constable & Robinson Publishing, M.C. Beaton, Review
Books of the Noughties
I feel a little like all I have been doing of late is compiling lists. If it wasn’t the two lists for best books of 2009 for next week, or books for 2010 for both work (I now have the … Continue reading
Charity Shopping & The Thrift Lifestyle – Lettice Wilkinson
In a time where we are all watching our budgets especially as it’s almost Christmas (in case any of you have missed the advance warning we have had since October) and this is the time of year we spend vast … Continue reading
Filed under Lettice Wilkinson, Marion Boyars Publishing, Review
Adopt a Book
If you are like me and still haven’t gotten round to buying all your Christmas presents yet especially as some relatives are awkward. Or maybe like me don’t actually still know what you want for Christmas then today’s post might … Continue reading
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The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone is the final Wilkie Collins read of the season (though thankfully I have still many Wilkie books to go or I would possibly be in despair). This is possibly one of the most famous of Wilkie Collins novels … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Penguin Classics, Review, Sensation Novels, Wilkie Collins
Simon’s Bookish Bits #2
I think that this might be the last Simon’s Bookish Bits (and its only the third) of 2009 as next Saturday is of course Boxing Day and I will be doing something a little bit festive and Christmas themed. Well … Continue reading
A Life Like Other People’s – Alan Bennett
It seems timely when a certain book arrives and you are in just the mood to read it, which has happened with Alan Bennett’s most recent memoir ‘A Life Like Other People’s’. It has been a bit of a Bennett … Continue reading
Filed under Alan Bennett, Books of 2009, Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Review
