Category Archives: Anne Tyler
Should Have Reads 2009
It’s odd to believe that we have two weeks left of the year to go. It is especially irksome when I look at my shelves and see the wonderful books that came out in 2009 that I simply haven’t read … Continue reading
Filed under Ali Smith, Anne Tyler, Book Thoughts, Books of 2009, Jake Arnott, Kate Grenville, Paul Magrs, Sophie Hannah
The Lesser of Two Bookish Evils
What I love about Booking Through Thursday is that it always makes me think. I generally end up waffling on (as I am sure I will do today) and find varying tangents to discuss. It makes me think out the … Continue reading
December – Elizabeth H Winthrop
…And so onto the penultimate of the Richard and Judy Reads 2009. I knew very little about December or its author Elizabeth H Winthrop before this book was placed on the list and when the lovely people at Sceptre sent … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Elizabeth H. Winthrop, Hodder & Stoughton, Review, Richard and Judy
Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler
I vowed last year that I would read much more Anne Tyler after reading Digging To America, and only read that novel. So when Cornflower said that I could join the Cornflower Book Group and that they were reading an … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize, Review, Vintage Books
Bring On The Book Groups
As you may have read one of my resolutions in book terms this year was to read more varied books and in doing so join a few more book groups. I am already doing Rogue Book Group with Novel Insights … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Book Group, Brett Easton Ellis, Leo Tolstoy
Not Writing But Blogging…
I know I probably don’t know half of the good book blogs out there in the ether. I have found some I love and there are several I subscribe to or drop in on, which have become favourites of mine … Continue reading
Whoops More Book Ban Breakage
I don’t normally count readitswapit books as part of the book ban as to me its simply an exchanging of the number of books I already own, in fact on occasion I have swapped on behalf of others decreasing my … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Book Thoughts, Kazuo Ishiguro, Marcia Preston, Natsuo Kirino, Stella Duffy
Breaking The Book Ban
So much for me not buying any more books as was my orders (see previous Book Ban blog) and intentions. These were ruined when I went to a charity shop that I had forgotten existed. Now this shop is like … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Book Thoughts, Kate Atkinson, Susan Hill, Tess Gerritsen
Digging To America – Anne Tyler
How great is it when you have read a book that made reading seem an effort to then pick up a book that totally reminds you why you read, why you should try books you wouldn’t and in particular why … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Tyler, Book Group, Books of 2008, Review, Vintage Books
