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• Challenge: Short Stories April to June

  

  The year is going really quickly so far and these are the short stories that will keep me entertained until the end of June!Week beginning 7th AprilJamila by... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Chessmen (Lewis Trilogy #3) – Peter May

  

  What’s it all about?:The concluding part of the Lewis Trilogy. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigatin... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2014 – MARCH READ – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

  

  What’s it all about?:In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father i... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – How We Avenged The Blums by Nathan Englander from the...

  

  What’s How We Avenged The Blums all about?:These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander display a gifted young... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Jewel In The Crown (The Raj Quartet #1) – Paul Scott

  

  What’s it all about?:The opening title of Paul Scott’s masterpiece, The Raj Quartet.India 1942: WWII has shown that England is not invincible, and the... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #34

  

  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 26 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Peacock Emporium – Jojo Moyes

  

  What’s it all about?:In the Sixties, Athene Forster is the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she is also beautiful, spoilt and out... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Monkey by Stephen King from the Collection Skeleto...

  

  What’s The Monkey all about?:In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – Tahereh Mafi

  

  What’s it all about?:Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Of Human Bondage – W. Somerset Maugham

  

  What’s it all about?:Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man’s yearning for... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Story Challenge – The Student by Anton Chekhov from the Collection...

  

  What’s The Student all about?:Stories to Get You Through the Night is a collection to remedy life’s stresses and strains. Inside you will find writing from the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #33

  

  Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting. I’ve been away from this meme for a bit as I’ve been moving house, sorting out a new... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

  

  What’s it all about?:A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Waterstones Eleven 2013 Round Up – What Did I Think?

  

  Photo courtesy of waterstones.comThe eleven debut authors pictured above were chosen in 2013 to be part of The Waterstones Eleven, debut books that showed... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – When She Is Old and I Am Famous by Julie Orringer...

  

  What’s When She Is Old and I am Famous all about?:Nine brave, wise, and spellbinding stories make up this award-winning debut. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:Safety and security are commodities you can sell in return for excitement, but you can never buy them back. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pig’s Foot – Carlos Acosta

  

  What’s it all about?:One day Oscar Kortico wakes to find himself utterly alone in the world. As the sole descendant of his family line he is not sure what to... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Lewis Man (Lewis Trilogy #2) – Peter May

  

  What’s it all about?:A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Story Challenge – Ghosts by John Harvey from the Collection The Mammoth...

  

  What’s Ghosts all about?:The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan – the year’s top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hallowed (Unearthly #2) – Cynthia Hand

  

  What’s it all about?:For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn’t prepared for the choice she had to make that day. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE