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Tender Morsels – Margo Lanagan

What’s it all about?:Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world... Read more

Paperblog Pick in Books

Author Spotlight: Maryanne O’Hara

I am thrilled to welcome Maryanne O’Hara, author of recent novel Cascade to The Novel Life! In the essay below O’Hara shares how she came to write Cascade: I was a reluctant... Read more

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Ivory Doghouse

Some months ago I wrote a post about a book I had not yet read. In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: The Truth about College, by Professor X both entertains and... Read more

The 30 August 2013 by Steveawiggins
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Grimm, Grim Or Grymm? A Modern Day Fairy Tale

Jacob Wilhelm GrimmDid you know when the first English translation of Grimm’s fairy tales appeared in 1823 many people thought they were ‘grim’ fairy tales?... Read more

The 27 August 2013 by Briarjensen
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She Wolves, Hens and Night Moths: the Prostitutes of Ancient Rome - Author...

What’s in a name? In Rome, there were many different categories of prostitutes, all of whom were known by colourful titles which not onlyidentified their... Read more

The 04 August 2013 by Mariagrazia
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It is Far More Honourable to Fail Than to Cheat ... at School and Not Only There.

Respected Teacher, My son will have to learn I know that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero... Read more

The 16 August 2013 by Mariagrazia
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At the Cinema: the Mortal Instruments City of Bones - Seen with My Kids

I’ve been looking forward to seeing this film for a while. I told you how it all started, do you remember? Mission City of Bones accomplished today. Read more

The 29 August 2013 by Mariagrazia
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Review–A Shadow of Light (A Shade of Vampire #4) by Bella Forrest

A Shadow of Light (A Shade of Vampire #4) by Bella Forrest Summary: "A riot among the humans. A siege at the port. A kingdom on the brink of civil war while... Read more

The 04 August 2013 by Megan Love Literature Art & Reason
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Portrait of the Week – Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Peake, c1606. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.This blog has developed a distinctly Stuart flavour over the last... Read more

The 19 August 2013 by Mmeguillotine
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Joseph Rivera: The New Andrew Luster?

Joseph Rivera In a case that seems to echo that of Andrew Luster, Joseph Rivera has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual assaults involving the use... Read more

The 13 August 2013 by Dplylemd
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Link Round Up: July 30 – August 11

AfterEllen posted Mary Gaitskill on her bisexuality and writing queer and AfterEllen.com Book Club: “And Playing the Role of Herself”.Autostraddle posted Lookin... Read more

The 12 August 2013 by Lesbrary
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Top Ten Tuesday–A Dystopian Future

hosted by: The Broke and the Bookish Top Eleven Favorite Books With X Setting: Dystopian Future 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 2. 1984 by George Orwell 3. Th... Read more

The 13 August 2013 by Megan Love Literature Art & Reason
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