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• Short Stories Challenge – The Alibi by Daphne Du Maurier, from the Collection Th...

  

  What’s The Alibi all about?:The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn.“They don’t know,” he thought, “those people inside, how on... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #15

  

  It’s time for another WWW Wednesday, thanks to MizB for hosting as always. Where is the year going?!To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Letters and Journals – Katherine Mansfield, C.K. Stead (editor)

  

  What’s it all about?:This book contains a selection of letters and extracts from Katherine Mansfield’s journal. The book looks at the “tremendous trifles of... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Program – Suzanne Young

  

  What’s it all about?:In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.Sloane knows better than... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Confessions of Two Bibliophiles #2

  

  CHAPTER TWO: THE E-READER vs THE ORIGINAL BOOK Chrissi, There’s been a lot of talk about which is better, the e-reader or the original “tree” book, and I know w... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 1984 – George Orwell

  

  What’s it all about?:Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while the year 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Never List – Koethi Zan

  

  What’s it all about?:For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the “Never List”: a list of actions to be avoided, for safety’s sake, at... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit – AUGUST READ – The Children of the New Forest –...

  

  What’s it all about?:In The Children of the New Forest, Marryat describes the trials and triumphs of the four Beverley children, orphaned during the English... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #14

  

  Time for another WWW Wednesday! Thanks to MizB at shouldbereading for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – That Colour by Jon McGregor, from the Collection This...

  

  What’s That Colour all about?:Set in the flat and threatened fenland landscape, where the sky is dominant and the sea lurks just beyond the horizon, these... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cross My Heart: And Hope To Live – Carmen Reid

  

  What’s it all about?:Brussels, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Nicole watches as the Nazis invade Belgium. Determined not to stand by as her country is brought to its... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – These Hands by Kevin Brockmeier from the Collection...

  

  What’s These Hands all about?:Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer – Michelle Hodkin

  

  What’s it all about?:Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger. She wakes from a coma in hospital with no memory of how she got there or of the bizarre... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Simon Mawer with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, brought up on the shores of Lake Geneva and in England, half French, half... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Flight Behaviour – Barbara Kingsolver

  

  What’s it all about?:Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at seventeen. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A-Z Book Survey

  

  I came across this survey from my sister’s blog and it looked like a lot of fun! You can see her answers HERE.This survey was initially compiled by Jamie from... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #13

  

  I’ve been on holiday for two weeks in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, so this is my first WWW since returning, thanks as always to MizB for hosting!To join... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – I’m Starved For You, Margaret Atwood (stand-alone) fro...

  

  What’s I’m Starved For You all about?:The gated community of Consilience isn’t your average American town, but in a near future imagined by bestselling author... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Dear I Wanted To Tell You – Louisa Young

  

  What’s it all about?:The lives of two very different couples are irrevocably intertwined and forever changed in this stunning World War I epic of love and war. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Infamous Bengal Ming, from the Collection I Am An...

  

  What’s The Infamous Bengal Ming all about?:An explosive, funny, wildly original fiction debut: nine stories about the power of love and the love of power, two... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE