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• My Plans For Reading Ireland Month

  

  Last year, I missed Cathy’s Reading Ireland Month and so I was glad to see that she and Ragingfluff would host it again in March.Since I try to read from my... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fuminori Nakamura: The Thief – Suri (2009)

  

  I’ve seen people call Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura’s novel The Thief crime or thriller but I don’t think that’s doing it any justice. What The Thief... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Thoughts on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

  

  This isn’t a proper review of Atwood’s famous novel but some of my impressions and reactions to it and a brief summary. Since the US election, the sales of book... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Taylor: A Wreath of Roses (1949)

  

  Published in 1949, A Wreath of Roses was Elizabeth Taylor’s fourth novel and the sixth I’ve read. Usually, when I decide to read everything by an author, I try... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong February 28 2017: Magnus by Sylvie Germain

  

  Sylvie Germain is a highly acclaimed French author of fiction and nonfiction. She earned a PhD in philosophy and studied with the famous French philosopher... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• N. Scott Momada: House Made of Dawn (1968) Literature and War Readalong January...

  

  This is going to be a pretty short post. I finished the book but I didn’t get along with it. It had its moments but overall it was frustrating to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• N. Scott Momaday: House Made of Dawn (1968) Literature and War Readalong...

  

  This is going to be a pretty short post. I finished the book but I didn’t get along with it. It had its moments but overall it was frustrating to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Seicho Matsumoto: A Quiet Place (2016) – Kikanakatta Basho (1975)

  

  Seicho Matsumoto’s A Quiet Place is the second Japanese crime novel I’ve read this month. While it is very different from Keigo Higashino’s Devotion of Suspect... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hayden Carruth’s Poem “California”

  

  I discovered American poet Hayden Carruth on subrosa here. The poem Sigrun posted was so poignant that I ordered one of Carruth’s collections Scrambled Eggs ... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Agnes Ravatn: The Bird Tribunal (2016) – Fugletribunalet (2013)

  

  Agnes Ravatn is a Norwegian journalist, essayist and short story writer. The prize-winning crime novel The Bird Tribunal (Fugletribunalet) is her second... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kent Haruf: Our Souls At Night (2015)

  

  Our Souls At Night, Kent Haruf’s last and posthumously published novel, is a work of sheer beauty. It’s so beautiful in fact, that if there wasn’t also a heavy... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banana Yoshimoto: Moshi Moshi (2016) – Moshi-moshi Shimokitazawa (2010)

  

  A few years ago, I used to read every book by Banana Yoshimoto. With the exception of Goodbye Tsugumi, I liked or loved them all. Why did I stop reading her... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong January 2017: House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday

  

  The Pulitzer Prize winner of 1966, House Made of Dawn by Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, is the first title of the Literature and War Readalong 2017. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Book Buying Bans and Other Futile Attempts to Tackle Mount TBR

  

  It’s the beginning of the year and like every year I think I need to change my book buying habits. At the end of last year, for the first time, I went over my... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Keigo Higashino: The Devotion of Suspect X – Yôgisha X No Kenshin (2005)

  

  Every year I want to participate in Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge but most of the time I miss it. This year I thought I won’t make plans but if I... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Art of the Novel (edited by Nicholas Royle)

  

  I had a hard time deciding which should be my last post of the year. Finally, I chose to write about The Art of the Novel, a book I devoured and will return to... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Ten Best Books I Read in 2016

  

  This was an odd reading year. It started great but then it went downhill. Going over my notes, I realized, that this wasn’t because of the books I read but... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Triple Choice Tuesday

  

  Many of you are certainly familiar with Kim’s (Reading Matters) Triple Choice Tuesday.It’s a feature in which bloggers share their favourite books.If you’d... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kate O’Brien: Land of Spices (1941)

  

  Back in August, I participated in All Virago/All August, taking it less than literal, which means that I didn’t dedicate the whole month to reading only Viragos. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong 2017

  

  Some Literature and War Readalong lists took a long time. Not this one. The only thing that took some time was deciding whether I wanted to choose twelve books... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE