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• Top Ten Books On My TBR

  

  This was supposed to be a Top Ten Tuesday post, but I haven’t had the time recently to post on the correct day! So I thought I’d share this on a random day... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Official Blog Tour for Hild!

  

  Just a quick note to say that I am very pleased and excited to announce that I am taking part in the official blog tour for Hild by Nicola Griffith! Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top 5 Books of 2014… So Far!

  

  Already we have reached the sun of the year, the hot nights and outdoor lunchtimes that tell us it’s summer. Already it is July! Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wild: The Movie!

  Last year I read Wild by Cheryl Strayed and absolutely loved it. I read around it a fair bit too, reading lots of interviews with Cheryl and reading about the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bookshelf Adventures: Colette

  

  As regular readers will know, I have been thinking (and writing!) a lot recently about how difficult it can be to know what to read next, how to deal with... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Mortgaged Heart by Carson McCullers (A Poem for Thursday)

  

  The dead demand a double vision. A furthered zone, Ghostly decision of apportionment. For the dead can claim The lover’s senses, the mortgaged heart. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing the Capote Summer Readathon! (with The Literary Sisters)

  

  I am very pleased to announce that I am taking part in my first ever readathon! It will take place over July and August and will feature the writing of none... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

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  Posted on 27 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Blue Room by Hanne Orstavik (trans. Deborah Dawkin)

  As a rule I think Peirene Press are pretty fantastic, and their output is always both unusual and interesting. Given that they only publish books that have neve... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Re-Reading: How to Be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman

  

  This article contains spoilers about key plot points that you will not want to find out if you have not read this book. Or you might want to, but I thought I’d... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle

  

  What do you think of when you think of Lady Jane Grey? I instantly think of that horribly famous painting, ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ by Paul Delaroche. ... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review of Sugar Hall on The Siren

  

  I have just posted my first review on The Siren, and I could not wait to share it with you!The Siren is an online journal that publishes short fiction,... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• True Love

  

  Today The Guardian published an article entitled “Donna Tartt: Is this the year of The Goldfinch?” Of course I read it. I first read Tartt over ten years ago an... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Turf

  

  I was commissioned to write this review of The Turf Tavern in central Oxford by Goodman’sas part of a guide to the city. It will be part of a complete guide to... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Poem for Friday

  Wuthering Heights by Sylvia Plath (1961) The horizons ring me like faggots, Tilted and disparate, and always unstable. Touched by a match, they might warm... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bone Seeker by M.J. McGrath

  Secrets in the snow The Bone Seeker begins with both the style and plot of quite a standard crime novel. Teacher and ex-polar bear hunter Edie sees Martha... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Song for an Approaching Storm by Peter Froberg Idling

  

  Politics and the consequences of power in 1950s CambodiaPushkin Press 2014 cover (UK). Image: goodreads.comBefore reading this book I knew barely anything of th... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Re-reading Plans

  

  Do you often re-read books? The only book I’ve read more than once (that I wasn’t studying) is The Secret History by Donna Tartt. This was partly because I love... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee

  

  This book grabbed me with its cover. It grabs your attention and makes you wonder what’s inside. There are some (lots of) covers out there that spell out what... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Do You Look For In A Book Blog?

  As book bloggers and readers of book blogs, we all share a common interest and I’m sure we all look for pretty similar things when it comes to reading a blog –... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE