This is a piece I've wanted to write for *ages*, but having not finished all her books I always felt it would be wrong to. Now I have, so I can. Hooray! I loved Tipping the Velvet. Loved it. Every single sentance was like a petal falling off a rose. The evolution of Nan, one … Continue reading In praise of… Sarah Waters
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Remember Remember
Anyone who has trouble placing the whereabouts of their keys, or can't quite grasp the current East Enders plotlines has their work cut out in November. What with Rememberence Day (which is also my Book Club month choice, and have a highly appropriate book I think...) on the 11th and Bonfire Night on the 5th, … Continue reading Remember Remember
Almost Gold-Star Books
You know sometimes you start a book and you think, yes, this is it, this is me for the next week happy as larry because I am going to be wrapped in fairy cotton bliss wool niceness that getting really immersed in a fictional world does to you. Then you get about 150 pages in … Continue reading Almost Gold-Star Books
Why Libraries in Leeds are so important.
Ahem, as featured on today's Guardian Leeds "Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere..." - Jean Rhys For longer than I can remember, I have loved books. Not necessarily stories, but always books. I think that my favourites are old, original … Continue reading Why Libraries in Leeds are so important.
Book Club the Ninth
Book Club the Ninth - AVIDREADER - 19-10-10 Agreed on:The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (AvidReader) Discussed: - Everything you know by Zoe Heller A very short book club this time round, as we were all running around like lunatics, and then halfway through were maliciously distracted by a beautifully cooked meal! BOOKN00B summed … Continue reading Book Club the Ninth
Book Club the Eighth
Book Club the Eighth -BOOKELF - Agreed on: We by Yevgany Zenyatin was not working and to be discarded Agreed on: Everything you know by Zoe Heller (BookElf?) Think this was actually a phone call or non-book club related meeting decision. Anyway, however it came about, we were chatting about We and realised that two … Continue reading Book Club the Eighth
Danielle Steelathon XI – A Good Woman pub. 2008
I chose this one to read next especially because it was a historical one. Set after the sinking of the Titanic, the blurb promised 'from the glitter of Manhatten ballrooms to the fires of the First World War'. ooooo, I though, this'll be good... And it would have been. This is the latest Danielle Steel … Continue reading Danielle Steelathon XI – A Good Woman pub. 2008
Danielle Steelathon X – Lightning pub. 1996
Again, with this challenge I seem to be veering from unspeakable blinding rage to mild mannered simpering 'ahhhh'ness. This brought out the former, predictably enough, and by the end of the book I was almost stomping on it. You might have noticed I have failed miserably in my 'book a day' ethos, but that is … Continue reading Danielle Steelathon X – Lightning pub. 1996
Danielle Steelathon IX – Vanished pub. 1994
ooooooooo this ones a chiller.. This has been a great year for court room dramas for me. Setting a book in a court room can be a great writing tool (we did an exericise on it at uni) because its a structure most readers can relate to (not that you're all hardened criminals, but most … Continue reading Danielle Steelathon IX – Vanished pub. 1994
Danielle Steelathon VIII – Fine Things pub. 1987
This is more like it. I liked this one, which was a bit of a weepy. Its the first 'modern' one I've really enjoyed as well, which is nice. Bernie Fine is the manager of a large departmnet store in New York. He is sent to San Francisco to open a new store there. Although … Continue reading Danielle Steelathon VIII – Fine Things pub. 1987
