Category Archives: Emily Bronte
My Worst Best Books
“What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?” That is the question from today’s Booking Through Thursday and I could instantly think of one and that … Continue reading
Filed under Emily Bronte, Henry James, J. D. Salinger, Joseph Conrad, Lionel Shriver
The Moors of Mitcham
I have dovegreyreader to thank for what has been one of the best, and most needed, days out in ages. Sometimes your head needs a bit of time off. I’ve been having a phase of cabin fever one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Daphne Du Maurier, Emily Bronte, Susan Hill
1000 Novels Everyone Must Read… So Far
So The Guardian (and Observer) are treating us to the ‘1000 Novels Everyone Must Read’ over seven days. I wasn’t sure how this would work it being that 1000 divided by seven means 142.85714 books per day. However what they … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Oh I am a bit bereft after reading Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and not probably because of why you think. Sadly for me this was another overhyped classic that just didn’t really hit the spot for me. This year I … Continue reading
Filed under Emily Bronte, Penguin Classics, Review
