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Anton DiSclafani: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls (2013)
High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a refuge of privilege in a land devastated by the Depression. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Howard Bahr: The Black Flower (1997) Literature and War Readalong January 2014
This year’s Literature and War Readalong starts strong with Howard Bahr’s powerful book The Black Flower, a novel on the American Civil War. Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ken Bruen: The Dramatist (2004) A Jack Taylor Novel
The impossible has happened: Jack Taylor is living clean and dating a mature woman. Rumour suggests he is even attending mass…The accidental deaths of two... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Kate Scott: Counting to D (2014)
I knew when I accepted a review copy of this novel that I wasn’t the ideal reader for it. Not because it’s a YA novel, but because it’s not the kind of YA... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Sarah Moss: Cold Earth (2009)
Last summer I read Michelle Paver’s excellent ghost story Dark Matter and Max pointed out in a comment that the description reminded him of Sarah Moss’ first... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
James Sallis : Others of My Kind (2013)
Back in 2012 I read and reviewed Drive by James Sallis. I’ve been meaning to read more of him ever since and when I saw Others of My Kind at a local book shop... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
S. J. Bolton: Dead Scared (2012)
Dead Scared was my third novel by S.J. Bolton. It’s the second novel featuring Lacey Flint and DI Mark Joesbury. I liked Sacrifice and Now You See Me a lot,... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
May Sarton: Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965)
I came across May Sarton for the first time when I was reading Susan Tiberghien’s memoir Looking for Gold, in which Tiberghien wrote about her year in Jungian... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong January 31 2014: The Black Flower by Howard Bahr
As I wrote in my introductory post to this year’s readalong, I was at first tempted to include only books based on WWI but decided against that for numerous... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Bao Nin: The Sorrow of War Aka Thân Phận Của Tình Yêu (1991) Literature and War...
Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War aka Thân phận của tình yêu is the first (North) Vietnamese novel I’ve read. It is based on Ninh’s own experiences... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
World Cinema Series 2013 – Wrap up and Winner Announcement
While I’ve not been an active participant in my own event, others have made quite a few contributions, especially Novia (Polychrome Interest) and Ruth... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Best Books of 2013
I was going to make a best of list per genre but finally opted against that and tried to pick one or two favourite books per month. Read more
Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Tess Gerritsen: The Mephisto Club (2006) Or Why I Prefer Rizzoli & Isles
I’ve read Tess Gerritsen’s The Surgeon pre-blogging. It was an OK read, although looking back I can’t remember all that much. This summer I discovered Rizzoli ... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong 2014
The books for Literature and War Readalong 2011 and 2012 were following the different wars in chronological order. This year, 2013, we focused on different... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Alice McDermott: Someone (2013)
Someone begins on the stoop of a Brooklyn apartment building where Marie is waiting for her father to come home from work. It is the 1920s and in her... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong December 30 2013: The Sorrow of War Aka Thân Phận...
We’ve all seen movies or read books on the war in Vietnam from an American perspective. Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War aka Thân phận của tình... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Lauren Kate: Teardrop (2013) Teardrop Trilogy I
Seventeen-year-old Eureka won’t let anyone close enough to feel her pain. After her mother was killed in a freak accident, the things she used to love hold no... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Looking Back on German Literature Month 2013
German Literature Month 2013 is over. It’s time to thank everyone for participating. Some have shown extraordinary enthusiasm. Read more
Posted on 02 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Hans Keilson: The Death of the Adversary – Der Tod Des Widersachers (1959)...
I wish it hadn’t happened but it did. I couldn’t finish Hans Keilson’s novel The Death of the Adversary – Der Tod des Widersachers. Not because I ran out of tim... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Allegedly Because of Snow – Angeblich Wegen Schnee (2013) A Winter Book Edited b...
Consider this as a hybrid post for German Literature Month as two-thirds of the book include texts from other countries but it’s such an excellent book that I... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE