I started this last year 'The Challenge' but life got in the way and I stopped half way through. And as almost come to the end of another year I am determined to finish it. I have two books left but 6 reviews to do but it will be done. The two that are left … Continue reading The saga of the Enid Blyton Challenge
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Christmas Read-a-long 2014 – Act 02
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WC - 27th of Oct 2014 - ACT 02 Scene 01 - An Orchard Scene 02 - Caesar's Home Scene 03 - A Street near the Capitol Scene 04 - Same Street There weren't any warnings on the video clip on youtube and I have a high … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-long 2014 – Act 02
Christmas Read-a-long 2014 – Act 01
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Who's Who The Main Cast of Characters JULIUS CAESAR, Roman statesman and general OCTAVIUS, Triumvir after Caesar's death, later Augustus Caesar, first emperor of Rome MARK ANTONY, general and friend of Caesar, a Triumvir after his death LEPIDUS, third member of the Triumvirate MARCUS BRUTUS, leader of the conspiracy against … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-long 2014 – Act 01
Man Booker Challenge 2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan Taking its title from one of the most famous books in Japanese literature, written by the great haiku poet Basho, Flanagan’s novel has as its heart one of the most infamous episodes of Japanese history, the construction of the Thailand-Burma Death Railway in World War II. … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Man Booker Challenge 2014: How to be both
How to be both, by Ali Smith How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There's a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There's the child of a child of the … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: How to be both
Christmas Read-a-long 2014
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Every couple of years, the LBC-ers come together virtually to read a book over the Christmas period. This year - after a wonderful discussion of Augustus by John Williams - the LBC White Swan crew allowed me to persuade them that it was time for us to tackle … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-long 2014
Man Booker Challenge 2014: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking, so why, now she's a young woman at college, doesn't she talk very much at all? She used to have a sister, Fern, the same age as her, and an older brother, Lowell. She loved both fiercely but … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Man Booker Challenge 2014: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris Paul O'Rourke - dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker, avowed atheist, disaffected Red Sox fan, and a connoisseur of the afternoon mochaccino - is a man out of touch with modern life. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filled with darker thoughts, as … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Man Booker challenge 2014: J, by Howard Jacobson
Hello, woodsiegirl here! Once again (for I think the third year in a row?), I am attempting my annual challenge of reading the Booker Prize shortlist before the winner is announced. I have yet to manage reading all six before the announcement deadline, so here's hoping I manage a better job of it this year! … Continue reading Man Booker challenge 2014: J, by Howard Jacobson
Sharing Stories – A life too short – Ronald Reng
A life too short - Ronald Reng part of last year's Mental Health Reading Challenge 2013 *warning potential plot spoilers* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, the biography of Robert Enke, the international footballer with the world at his feet who took his own life Here, award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces … Continue reading Sharing Stories – A life too short – Ronald Reng
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