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• Short Stories Challenge – Sister Hills by Nathan Englander from the Collection...

  

  What’s Sister Hills all about?:“Sister Hills” chronicles the history of Israel’s settlements from the eve of the Yom Kippur War through the present, a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit – NOVEMBER READ – Northern Nights/The Golden...

  

  What’s it all about?:Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford’s Jordan College is shattered by the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cinder – Marissa Meyer

  

  What’s it all about?:Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Leopard – Jo Nesbo

  

  What’s it all about?:Two women are found murdered in Oslo — both of them have drowned in their own blood. What mystifies the police is that the puncture wounds... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Here There Be Tygers by Stephen King from the...

  

  What’s Here There Be Tygers all about?:Here There Be Tygers was first published in 1968 in the Spring issue of Ubris magazine, and then appeared in King’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Never Coming Back by Tim Weaver with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:It was supposed to be the start of a big night out. But when Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s house, she finds the front door... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Women of the Raj – Margaret MacMillan

  

  What’s it all about?:In the nineteenth century, at the height of colonialism, the British ruled India under a government known as the Raj. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Killing – David Hewson

  

  What’s it all about?:Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield, from the...

  

  What’s Her First Ball 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... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pandemonium – Lauren Oliver

  

  What’s it all about?:Lena’s been to the very edge. She’s questioned love and the life-changing and agonising choices that come with it. She’s made her... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit – OCTOBER READ – Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

  

  What’s it all about?:The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #22

  

  It’s that time again… WWW Wednesday. Thanks as ever to MizB at Should Be Reading for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kiss Me First – Lottie Moggach

  

  What’s it all about?:When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by he... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Pilgrims by Julie Orringer from the Collection How To...

  

  What’s Pilgrims all about?:In her dazzling first book Julie Orringer dives into the private world of childhood and immerses us in its fears and longings. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:The irrepressible Russell ‘Buffy’ Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B&B; in rural Wales. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #21

  

  It’s that time again… WWW Wednesday. Thanks as ever to MizB at Should Be Reading for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Heart is A Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers

  

  What’s it all about?:With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twenty-three, became a literary sensation. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent

  

  What’s it all about?:Set against Iceland’s stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• One Step Too Far – Tina Seskis

  

  What’s it all about?:An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home. So what makes Emily Coleman get up one morning and walk right out of her... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sign of Four – Arthur Conan Doyle

  

  What’s it all about?:Yellow fog is swirling through the streets of London, and Sherlock Holmes himself is sitting in a cocaine-induced haze until the arrival... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE