Author Archives
Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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BOOK TAG: Shelfie by Shelfie #1
A fun tag in which I share a picture (or ‘shelfie’) of a favourite bookshelf and answers ten associated questions.
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Winding Up the Week #31
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover what’s of interest to Dewithoners, catch up with the latest book-blogging events and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Internet.
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THE CLASSICS CLUB: Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterwork.
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Winding Up the Week #30
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover Three Things…, see some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Silence of the Girls
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration and one of our greatest contemporary writers on war comes a reimagining of the most famous conflict in literature – the legendary Trojan War.
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Three Things… #3
Reading. Looking. Thinking. This week it’s all about Norwegian Fjords, Viking DNA and a rather cheesy movie musical!
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Winding Up the Week #29
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Beekeeper of Sinjar
Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing but often moving stories of women who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS.
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The Classics Club
I have finally succumbed to joining The Classics Club. Here is my list of fifty fine titles to be read over a period of five years.
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Winding Up the Week #28
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover what’s of interest to Dewithoners, catch up with the latest book-blogging events and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate
A vivid and perceptive book, which will probably appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Olivia Laing.
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BOOK REVIEW: Disbanded Kingdom
A 21st-century coming-of-age story, set against the emotive backdrop of the United Kingdom’s breakaway from the European Union and its threatened rupture with Scotland.
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Winding Up the Week #27
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THOUGHTS ON: The Little Prince
A moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language.
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Winding Up the Week #26
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THOUGHTS ON: 24 Stories: of Hope for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire
We look at an anthology of short stories written on themes of community and hope by a mix of the UK’s best known writers and previously unpublished authors, whose pieces were chosen by Kathy Burke from over 250 entries.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Brontë Family: Passionate Literary Geniuses
An immensely enjoyable biography of the Brontë sister’s unconventional lives, astounding literary talents and tragic deaths.
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Winding Up the Week #25
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover Three Things…, look forward to the Children’s Books Readathon and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Three Things… #2
Reading. Looking. Thinking. This week it’s all about Moomins, a metal peacock and infuriating politicians.
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BOOK REVIEW: Bottled Goods
Set in 1970s communist Romania, this novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles in an authoritarian state.
