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The End of Year Book Meme 2010
I know I’m a bit later than a lot of other bloggers in posting a summary of my year’s reading, but I wanted to wait until the year had actually ended in case a few more books decided to sneak past the finish line (a fortuitous decision, it turns out, as an unexpected diversion via [...]
Victorian literature challenge 2011
After the fun I had joining in with the R.I.P. Challenge this year I’ve beein looking around for some challenges to join for the coming year. Given the immense proportions of my TBR pile, I like reading challenges which provide me with gentle encouragement to read the books I already own, rather than those that tempt me to [...]
The sound of silence
It’s been eerily quiet around here recently, hasn’t it? I don’t usually talk about myself at all here, but I feel compelled to apologise for the longer than usual break between posts. I am still alive, but I have been otherwise engaged on an all too fleeting visit here: No, not Narnia, but York, my [...]
In my mailbox
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. For one reason or another (chiefly not being home at the weekends) I’ve not done one of these for a month now. Consequently, the book haul looks rather horrendous, I know, [...]
In my mailbox
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. Once again, this is a fortnightly edition for me, thanks to a very busy weekend last week. I have a feeling this is not going to be good news for the [...]
In my mailbox
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. Father, forgive me, for I have sinned. It has been two weeks since my last confession. Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. Well, it seems I do nothing by halves. Not [...]
In my mailbox
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. This edition actually covers two weeks of book acquisition for me, as I was away last weekend and so didn’t get round to posting. In spite of this, the damage to [...]
In my mailbox
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. This week was a little worse than last week in terms of book acquisition, and I’m feeling rather guilty. All the other books are looking down at me from the shelves [...]
A chilling challenge
Ever since first reading Jane Eyre and then writing my GCSE coursework on the gothic elements in the novel (I’m impressed that I can remember that) I’ve been a fan of gothic literature. Going on to read The Italian by the famous Mrs Radcliffe at university reminded me how much I enjoy these books. After [...]
In my mailbox this week
“In my mailbox” is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which people share the books that they have acquired that week. I continue to defy the book embargo, although not quite as spectacularly as last week as I have come home with a more moderate ten books this week. I have switched [...]