Today, I have mostly been trying to remember poetry that I last read in 1998, for my O Levels. Thanks to facebook, I now know that the book we studied was Revival (which I am now scouring the internet for), and have managed to track down my personal favourite from the set, and one that … Continue reading If I have to leave – D.E. Barrell
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Podcast the second – A Valentines Day Special
* * *PODCAST* * * Valentines Day Podcast Special 'White Linen Shirts a-Plenty' In this exciting chapter (see what I did there?), we discuss Falling for a Dancer by Deirdre Purcell The BBC 1998 series of Falling for a Dancer ***LANGUAGE WARNING *** We do better than last time, but once again, at a particular … Continue reading Podcast the second – A Valentines Day Special
Podcast the First – It’s getting Dark in here…
* * *PODCAST* * * Poddy the first 'Better bring a torch, it's going to get dark' We look at the following YA series The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper ***LANGUAGE WARNING *** - We were doing so well, … Continue reading Podcast the First – It’s getting Dark in here…
Booker Challenge – Book 1!
BOOKER CHALLENGE Title: The White Tiger Author: Aravind Adiga Year Won: 2008 Rating: 8/10 Quick Summary: Set in modern day India, this book comprises of a series of letters, written by the self made Balram Halwai to the Premier of China. Originally from a tiny village in 'the darkness' of rural India, Balram was an … Continue reading Booker Challenge – Book 1!
Booker Challenge – Book 4!
BOOKER CHALLENGE Title : The Bone People Author : Keri Hulme Year Won: 1984 Read for: January 2011 Rating : 7/10 Quick Summary: Set in New Zealand, this is a book of two distinct sections. The first introduces us to the artist Kerewin, the troubled, and mute 8 year old Simon, and his widower adoptive … Continue reading Booker Challenge – Book 4!
Return to Labyrinth
Have you ever been at a party and had someone mention... the macarena or something similar, and before you know it, a whole pile of 20-somethings are on their feet, singing along, doing all the movements, generally making right eijits of themselves, and loving it? Well, my version of that occurs at least twice a … Continue reading Return to Labyrinth
Richard and Judy – Decade’s top 100
So, Richard and Judy have just released their list of the Top 100 Most Inspiring Reads of the Decade Personally, I think it's a bit of a silly name as list names go, but the books seem to be fairly representative of the styles of books that have been on offer the last ten years. … Continue reading Richard and Judy – Decade’s top 100
First big book club meeting…
...will be up later this week. This is not THAT blog. I just wanted to say that I was thrilled by the meeting that we had tonight! It was brilliant to put faces to twitter names...and actual names, and I always love being connected with other bookie people, so even before the meeting had started, … Continue reading First big book club meeting…
Book Club the Tenth – or Let there be light
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
Booker Challenge
Our little book club was set up with a few core aims and goals in mind - cake and books (naturally) were probably the primary focus, along with the chance to chatter with fellow book lovers about a book we had all read (rather than our more usual very diverse cross section discussions), but included somewhere near the top of this virtual list was … Continue reading Booker Challenge
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