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BIBLIOBETH
http://www.bibliobeth.wordpress.com/
A blog about all things bookish, I review a variety of different books across multiple genres and use a "star" rating to indicate enjoyment. From time to time, I also post book-related news items i.e. shortlists for literary prizes and reviews of literary events.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1312 )
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WWW Wednesday #46
Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
What’s it all about?:Can you commit the perfect crime?Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn’t exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Blog Tour -That Dark Remembered Day by Tom Vowler with Q+A Session
What’s it all about?:Can you ever know what those closest to you are really capable of?A son returns to the small town where he grew up, where his mother still... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – Snatched by Karin Slaughter (stand-alone)
What’s it all about?:Will Trent, a dedicated agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for fifteen years, knows that there’s definitely such a thing as a... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Heart Shaped Bruise – Tanya Byrne
What’s it all about?:They say I’m evil. The police. The newspapers. The girls from school who shake their heads on the six o’clock news and say they always... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
That Dark Remembered Day – Tom Vowler
What’s it all about?:Can you ever know what those closest to you are really capable of?A son returns to the small town where he grew up, where his mother still... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
WWW Wednesday #45
Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – Chocolate Hearts From The New World by Michel Faber...
What’s Chocolate Hearts From The New World all about?:Michel Faber revisits the world of his bestselling novel The Crimson Petal and the White, conjuring... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
May We Be Forgiven – A.M. Homes
What’s it all about?:A darkly comic novel of twenty-first-century domestic life and the possibility of personal transformationHarold Silver has spent a... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Down Among The Gods – Kate Thompson
What’s it all about?:Two lonely people, a chance meeting at an adult education class, an almost instant attraction. But why do they keep misunderstanding each... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – Xenos Beach by Graham Joyce from the Collection Tales...
What’s Xenos Beach all about?:The third story in Graham Joyce’s collection Tales For A Dark Evening is about a man who is struggling to cope with a failed... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
WWW Wednesday #44
Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Talking About And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini with Chrissi
What’s it all about?:An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else.Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Rage Against The Dying – Becky Masterman
What’s it all about?:A gutsy, gory, startlingly original serial killer thriller with a heroine who’ll blow a hole in the American crime landscape. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Out of Africa – Isak Dinesen
What’s it all about?:Out of Africa is Isak Dinesen’s memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand-acre coffee plantation in the hills... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Say Her Name – James Dawson
What’s it all about?:Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2014 – MAY READ – Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
What’s it all about?:Peter Pan, the book based on J.M. Barrie’s famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up;... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
June 2014 – Chrissi Cupboard Month
It’s June. And that means…. (drumroll please) it’s Chrissi Cupboard Month!My lovely sister and fellow blogger Chrissi Reads gives me books on a regular basis,... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – Ganymede by Daphne Du Maurier from the Collection The...
What’s Ganymede all about?:In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
WWW Wednesday #43
Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE