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Monthly Archives: March 2015
“We are All Completely Beside Ourselves” by Karen Joy Fowler (2013) – book review
This is a book you need to be able to pick up and read in large chunks. It’s also one that is easily spoiled by saying too much and spilling the beans unwittingly to someone who is just embarking upon … Continue reading
“Crossing to Safety” by Wallace Stegner (1987) – book review
To gratefully quote an Amazon reviewer : “Probably not a book to read when you’re young – if I’d read this in my 20s, even my 30s, I don’t think I’d have got it – but for the middle-aged and … Continue reading
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Tagged book group, book review, books, Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
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“Tulip Fever” by Deborah Moggach (1999) – book review
Freshly returned from a whirlwind overnight trip to Amsterdam, and couldn’t prevent myself from dusting down a book I read several hundred years ago to see whether it had not only stood the test of time, but had perhaps even … Continue reading
“The Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton (1920) – book review
Oh, what a discovery! Initially, found the book so sluggish, especially of course as nothing much actually happens in these aristocratic circles. Then, out of the blue, the pace quickens, the characters evolve (oh my gosh, May!!) and the whole … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel (2014) – book review
What this brilliant new read is NOT : It is not a science fiction novel. It is not a thriller or solely a dystopian vision of a post-apocalyptic world. It is not just about pandemics or Shakespeare or nostalgia or … Continue reading
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Tagged Baileys Prize, book group, book review, books, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven
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“Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak (1957) – book review
Deep deep joy. I have had my tattered paperback copy of “Doctor Zhivago” in my possession ever since I can remember, and it has faithfully trotted round with me from house move to house move for an absolute age. Despite … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
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Baileys’ Prize for Women’s Fiction # Thisbook campaign
The #Thisbook campaign was launched a year ago by the Baileys’ Prize for Fiction team – and subsequently thousands of readers went on to put it to the vote. Here are the overall winners: how many have you read ? … Continue reading
“Elizabeth is Missing” by Emma Healey (2014) – book review
I would really like to sit and have a café crème with the authoress Emma Healey. She was on the cover of The Sunday Times not so long ago and I avidly read the article about the background to her … Continue reading
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Tagged Baileys Prize, book review, books, Elizabeth is Missing, Emma Healey
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