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Book Group II – Susan’s Club, U.K.

Posted on June 28, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

THANK YOU, Susan and your book group, for sharing your reads over the last few years to add to the growing collection. Quite brilliant. Will update periodically as more titles are added over the forthcoming months, and look forward to … Continue reading →

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“White Teeth” by Zadie Smith (1999) – book review

Posted on June 20, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

I’d give my absolute eyeteeth to have a cup of tea with Zadie Smith. The critics’ comments splashed all round the cover of this national bestseller give a hint of what’s to come (good news, seeing as just occasionally the reviews … Continue reading →

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Book Group I – Paris Evening Group

Posted on June 15, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Gosh, we have clocked up over 80 books in the nine years the group has been meeting. That’s an awful lot of wine consumed as well… 2016 September – “The Glorious Heresies” by Lisa McInerney, 11/10 September – “The Story … Continue reading →

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“Light Years” by James Salter (1975) – book review

Posted on June 14, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Far from a “ten from Len” it’s more like a “three from me” I’m sad to report. I had great hopes and overworked anticipation when we chose this book for the January book group read at the beginning of this … Continue reading →

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“A Sweet Obscurity” by Patrick Gale (2003) – book review – & P.G.’s ‘Top Eleven Book List’

Posted on June 9, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Over the years, I have steadily clocked up more and more Patrick Gale books here and there and have become quite the fan. I even find myself getting quite excited about his chats at the end of each novel, where … Continue reading →

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“Case Histories” (2004), “One Good Turn (2006), “When Will There Be Good News?” (2008), “Started Early, Took My Dog” (2010) by Kate Atkinson – book reviews

Posted on June 7, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

             Am picturing an ideal long weekend away from it all: plenty of Prosecco on tap, nearest and dearest in but also out of the picture/room (ideally providing something comforting like shepherd’s pie periodically), the rain … Continue reading →

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The Brothers Karamazov (1880) by Fyodor Dostoevsky – book review

Posted on June 5, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

All those hours spent reading this and checking off the Cliff Notes along the way to be sure I had not lost the plot. Have no-one to blame but myself, for ’twas I who stuck my neck out and said … Continue reading →

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“A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler (2015) – book review

Posted on June 2, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

I don’t suppose many other people have watched the film “Philomena” three times (I know, ridiculous) and will have a clue what I am rabbiting on about, but if you too are a fan of Judi Dench and everything she touches, … Continue reading →

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Reading Challenge from January 2015

Posted on May 31, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

It’s Mother’s Day here in France – so go ahead and indulge me. Am totally smitten by a beautiful yet much unneeded book I ended up buying (myself, any excuse) in W H Smith on the rue de Rivoli just recently … Continue reading →

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“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) – book review

Posted on May 30, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Lo-lo-Lolita, eureka. Couldn’t believe it when got to the Tick That Box on this one. Must have picked it up and put it down half a dozen times in as many years. Dare I confess, it was borrowing and watching … Continue reading →

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