Book Club the Tenth - AvidReader - 14-01-2011 - Lemon Meringue Pie Agreed on: Discussed: - The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson - The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz - The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - Falling for a dancer by Deirdre Purcell - The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper Special Topic: … Continue reading Book Club the Tenth – or Let there be light
LBC Book Reviews
BookElf Reads 2010
In the Great Tradition of last year... Not published this year, just read this year, savvy? Discovery of the Year Jane Smiley- A Thousand Acres, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton. I got A Thousand Acres, a Pulitzer winning re-telling of the King Lear story, from a book swap and I don't think … Continue reading BookElf Reads 2010
Wolf Hall – finally finished
As regular readers to the blog will know, I've been alternatively loving and loathing Hilary Mantel's epic tome 'Wolf Hall' for the last fortnight...and the rest. Well, I've finished it. Finally. What an all consuming story - covering one of the most fascinating periods of history. When I wasn't hurling the book away from me in … Continue reading Wolf Hall – finally finished
Wolf Hall – a book in progress review
As I fell instantly in love with the Tudor setting while reading C.J. Sansom's Shardlake series ( Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation and, as yet unread, Heartstone), I requested, and received, this tome from my local ever friendly BookElf. Although I had never read any of Hilary Mantal before, her previous works - most notably Fludd and her … Continue reading Wolf Hall – a book in progress review
Never let me go Review
****LIGHT SPOILERS**** Whilst on holiday last week, I took the opportunity to catch up on some light (!) reading, as recommended to me by my mum. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro was one of those books that I always knew I'd need to read. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, nominated for the … Continue reading Never let me go Review
In praise of… Sarah Waters
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
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
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