Monthly Archives: November 2010
Coconut Unlimited – Nikesh Shukla
After the Costa shortlists were announced I was lucky enough to be emailed by some of the publishers who wondered if I would like to read some of the novels on the lists. As I mentioned a while back it … Continue reading
Filed under Nikesh Shukla, Quartet Books, Review
Gearing Up For The Green Carnation Finale
It’s all gearing up now as the winner of The Green Carnation Prize 2010 is finally (weirdly it seem like ages ago we started it and yet also only five minutes ago) announced! I am going to be busy nattering … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, The Green Carnation Prize
Books of 2010… Your Thoughts
It’s getting to that time of year when you start seeing ‘The Books of The Year’ in all the broadsheets, which I always find quite interesting as invariably I have missed out on these choice reads! Its also the time … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books of 2010
Fancy Some Free Books?
We all like free books don’t we? As I mentioned yesterday in the earlier of two posts I am giving two of you the chance to win over 20 books each, but more of that in a little bit. Free … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Give Away
Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
Isn’t it funny how something in your real life can lead you down a different reading path than the one you were expecting? I was planning to make a start on ‘Middlesex’ by Jeffery Eugenides earlier in the week when … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2010, Review, Sebastian Faulks, Vintage Books, Vintage Classics
Very Human Hearts
I wanted to pop a small thank you post up before a bigger review, which I am currently having a fifth stab at getting right as I keep feeling I havent done the book justice, later today. I havent gotten … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
The Man Booker Judges 2011… Can Judges Make A Prize More Interesting?
I am feeling a little bit fickle today. The reason I think this is all because of The Man Booker. I have to say I was a little disappointed with The Man Booker Prize winning novel this year, without having … Continue reading
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How Do You Cull Your TBR?
I have to admit I have been in rather a reading funk of late and I think I might have worked out part of the reason why, I have begun to feel a little bit encroached by my books, which is … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Do I Want To Read… Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Once again I am looking to all of you for advice on a book that I have been umming and ahhing about, however I wasn’t (if I am honest) until last week when I saw a feature in the paper … Continue reading
Filed under Do I Want To Read?, William Boyd
The City & The City – China Mieville
Sometimes I can get cross at myself as a reader (please tell me some of you do this too), as you are reading a really entertaining and interesting book such as ‘The City and the City’ by China Mieville yet … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2010, China Mieville, Pan MacMillan, Review
Wallflower at the Orgy – Nora Ephron
One of the things I do like about my local library is that they have a huge set of shelves that greet you when you walk in; in fact you almost walk into them because they are so in your … Continue reading
Filed under Nora Ephron, Review, Transworld Publishing
Simon’s Bookish Bits #27
I can’t actually believe that I haven’t done a ‘Bookish Bits’ post since the start of August. However there are occasionally times when you are writing a post filled with little bookish bits this is just what you need and … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Simon's Bookish Bits
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
As I mentioned to you the other week, a man who helped form the reader I am today sadly passed away. As you read this I will be on the train to his funeral in Kent, where I will be … Continue reading
Filed under Arthur Conan Doyle, Books of 2010, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Review
