In this week’s slightly shorter wind up I focus on books read and reviewed, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Read a New Book Month, National Read a Book Day, Roald Dahl Day and the birthdays of Alice Sebold, China Miéville and others) and call attention to fascinating features from across the Internet.
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, pause for a podcast, anticipate the Tolkien Blog Party and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
This week we highlight books read and reviewed, look forward to the 1930 Club and the Persephone Readathon, discover some of the best writing about literature in the blogosphere and focus on fascinating features from across the Internet.
In the balmy summer of 1920 Tom Birkin arrives penniless at Oxgodby station with his nerves “shot to pieces” and a commission to restore a Medieval work of art.
This is the fourth of my weekly posts in which I summarize books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the night-stand and keep readers abreast of various book-related happenings.