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• Two Read Alongs You Might Be Interested In

  

  May seems to be a readalong month. I’m hosting my own Literature and War Readalong at the end of the month, signed up for the readalong of Kushiel’s Dart at... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elly Griffiths: The Crossing Places (2009) Ruth Galloway 1

  

  Elly Griffiths’ The Crossing Places is the first novel in her Ruth Galloway series. Ruth Galloway is a forensic archaeologist, who lives and works in Norfolk. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong May 29 2015: Novel Without a Name – Tiêu Thuyêt Vô...

  

  Two years ago we read Bao Ninh’s moving novel on the war in Vietnam The Sorrow of War. Quite a few of those who participated and others who read our posts state... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Do You Remember the First Book You Bought?

  

  I still remember that day as if it had been yesterday. I was nine years old and already an avid reader. I had a little bit of money, pocket money I hadn’t... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stanley Meisler: Shocking Paris (2015)

  

  It’s rare that I accept review copies these days, but a book about the so-called School of Paris wasn’t something to pass up. I don’t regret accepting Shocking... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Chantal Thomas: Farewell, My Queen – Les Adieux à La Reine (2002)

  

  I’ve always been fascinated by Marie Antoinette and I tend to like the choices for the French Prix Femina. Chantal Thomas’ novel Farewell, my Queen – Les... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kim Echlin: The Disappeared (2009) Literature and War Readalong March 2015

  

  Friends of mine visited Cambodia. They loved the country for its beauty, but they told me that it wasn’t an easy country for travelling as you’re not allowed... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kate Saunders: Five Children on the Western Front (2014)

  

  Five Children on the Western Front is a delightful story inspired by E. Nesbit’s famous children’s book Five Children and It. I’m still surprised how much I... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Guest Interview at Postcards From Asia

  

  I was very honoured when one of my favourite bloggers, Delia from Postcards from Asia, asked me if I would like to take part in her guest post series. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Emil Hakl: Of Kids and Parents – O Rodičích a Dětech (2002)

  

  I have Stu of Winstonsdad’s Blog to thank for bringing this little gem to my attention. Since he’s hosting an Eastern European Literature Month this March, I... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ferdinand Von Schirach: Tabu (2013) – The Girl Who Wasn’t There (2015)

  

  I bought Ferdinand von Schirach’s last novel The Girl Who Wasn’t There – Tabu (Taboo) when it came out in German, but didn’t feel like reading it until now. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literary Lost – Viewing Television Through the Lens of Literature

  

  Years ago I caught two episodes of Lost on TV and thought it might be a series I’d enjoy. Only it was aired too late for me, so I gave up. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong March 31 2015: The Disappeared by Kim Echlin

  

  Kim Echlin’s novel on the war in Cambodia is the first title of this year’s Literature and War Readalong.I chose The Disappeared for various reasons the most... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Deborah Levy: Swimming Home (2011)

  

  Picture this—A dark road in a mountainous area, in the South of France at night. It’s summer. The sound of insects in the dark. A couple is talking in a car. Th... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa: Il Gattopardo – The Leopard (1958)

  

  Published posthumously, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s only novel Il Gattopardo – The Leopard is one of the most important novels of Italian Literature. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pascal Garnier: La Place Du Mort (1997) – The Front Seat Passenger (2014)

  

  I’ve seen French crime writer Pascal Garnier mentioned on so many blogs that I could no longer resist and had to read him. La place du mort – The Front Seat... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Jane Howard: After Julius (1965)

  

  It is twenty years since Julius died, but his last heroic action still affects the lives of the people he left behind. Emma, his youngest daughter,... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Laura Kasischke: Mind of Winter (2014)

  

  I wonder sometimes whether authors prefer we read their books very slowly, savouring every word or whether they take it as a compliment if we devour a novel in... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Yasushi Inoue – Three Short Stories

  

  A review of a collection of Yasushi Inoue’s short stories on the blog 1streading inspired me to look for a book by this author. Luckily I found one just in time... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven (2014)

  

  Another post-apocalyptic novel and one that so  many have reviewed already. Still, I have to write about Station Eleven because it’s such an impressive book... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE