Book Club the Seventh - BOOKN00B - 18-08-10 Agreed on: We by Yevgany Zenyatin (AvidReader) Discussed: - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry - The Twins by Tesse De Loo - House at River ton by Kate Morton - Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson (this time with Phee … Continue reading Book Club the Seventh
LBC Book Reviews
Horrible Histories
I love history. I was my third favourite subject at school (after English and Drama), I did it for my A Level (along with, you guessed it, English and Drama) and am a massive massive fan of historical fiction (especially when it is on the telly, thus combining English, History and Drama, at which point … Continue reading Horrible Histories
Middle Class blah blah blah
When I was a teenager, one of my favorite authors was Deborah Moggach, author of many books including Tulip Fever, Seesaw and, my favorite, Close Relations. Close Relations is a 'family drama' following the lives of the fair to affluent Hammond family, builder-dad Gordon, his wife (very much in that order I'm afraid) and their … Continue reading Middle Class blah blah blah
Psycho Killer, qu’est-ce que c’est
Strangely, for a summer that should surely be made of entirely superfluous 'beach reads', where drippy Modern Women find there feet and stand up to their philandering husbands/ bosses/ bank managers etc etc ad naseum, the last few books I've read have been very intense. I am blaming this entirely on my friend B. B … Continue reading Psycho Killer, qu’est-ce que c’est
Oh go write a poem about it…oh wait, you did!
***WARNING CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS about a book you should actually read because, and I know this is gonna sound weird when you read what I've said about it, because I've kind of ripped it apart, it is not that bad and you should (if you're a quick reader, as there are so many other books … Continue reading Oh go write a poem about it…oh wait, you did!
Fannie Flagg, Tearmaker Extrordinaire
Feeling severally hormonal, having previously wept at the picture of the mummy oranutang kissing the baby oranutang better, yesterday was not good day to finish reading Fannie Flagg's latest book, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven on the train home. I was inspired to read the book after watching the adaptation of Flagg's 1987 novel, … Continue reading Fannie Flagg, Tearmaker Extrordinaire
World Cup Reading-Long Walk to Freedom
As this summer's World Cup is taking place in a country I have never been to, and know little of, I decided my World Cup Reading would be the autobiography of the country's former leader, Nelson Mandela. I began reading the book on the evening of the opening ceremony. Long Walk to Freedom is over … Continue reading World Cup Reading-Long Walk to Freedom
The Saga of the Noble Dead – or what Twilight isn’t…
****SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS***** Dhampire Thief of Lives Sister of the Dead Traitor to the Blood Rebel Fay Child of a Dead God ****SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS***** I am writing this in response to the incredible and outrageous adoration of the Twilight (Twishite) series - a set of books woefully written, with some … Continue reading The Saga of the Noble Dead – or what Twilight isn’t…
Shak-es-pear-e is immense
As part of the Once Upon a Time Book Challenge, this month I dug out my Complete Works (always a pleasure, one of those lucky sods who did the good plays at school and therefore has unending love for The Bard) and re-read A Midsummer Night's Dream. Love that play, and it was very revealing … Continue reading Shak-es-pear-e is immense
The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
This month I have become a little obsessed with The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, a series aimed at Young Adults (i.e. older children) but I, a woman in her twenties, enjoyed it immensely. This is a series of six, set in the Stone Ages- before farming, writing or the wheel. At first I was attracted … Continue reading The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
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