I always think that when I go on vacation I’ll get all this reading done. I’ll read book after book sitting in a quirky coffee shop or a friendly park, and next thing you know, I’ll have caught up on my TBR list as if by magic. But in reality, I only get through the READ MORE
Month: August 2014
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | COLD COMFORT FARM – STELLA GIBBONS
‘I saw something nasty in the woodshed’ When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #36 (& RETURN FROM VACAY!)
I’m back from San Francisco! Before I get started with this week’s Stacking the Shelves, you may remember my pre-vacation post that included some bookish landmarks in San Fran! For those of you who have been anxiously scratching your heads wondering what they were, here are the answers: Kayo Books, a really funky bookstore on READ MORE
LIFE OF A BLOGGER | FEARS
Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is the other side of last week’s: Fears. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Well, this should be an easy topic for READ MORE
55 QUESTIONS ABOUT BOOKS | PART TWO
I came across this on The Notebook Sisters‘ blog (if you don’t know the blog you should devote the rest of your day to reading up – it’s one of the best and funniest blogs out there). Cait and Mime’s answers are much funnier than mine, so please read theirs after you finish this post, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I REALLY WANT TO READ BUT DON’T OWN YET
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Really Want to Read But Don’t Own Yet. Hahahaha, oh dear. This could get out of hand. But I’ll try, very very hard, not to exceed my allotted ten! Not My Father’s Son – Alan Cumming Yes, Please – READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | Q’S LEGACY – HELENE HANFF
Here is the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and of all the things its success has brought her. Hanff recalls her serendipitous discovery of a volume of lectures by a Cambridge don, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. She devoured Q’s book, and, wanting to read all the books READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #35
Greetings from San Francisco! Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and READ MORE
5 FRIDAY FAVES | BOOKS I READ BETWEEN APRIL & AUGUST
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite Books You’ve Read Between April and August.” *rubs hands with glee* 1. Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff Oh, I just READ MORE
55 QUESTIONS ABOUT BOOKS | PART ONE
I wrote the first half of this post once already, and somehow Blogger deleted it. You have no idea how irritated I am right now. So this is the second version, which is bound to be nowhere near as good. Just do me a favour and pretend it’s like 10% funnier than it is as READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #30
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
I’M ON VACATION!
As you read this, I’m on a plane somewhere over either the ocean or the continental USA on my way to San Francisco! I’ll be gone for a week or so, but don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of posts scheduled. I just might be a little slower publishing and responding to comments than usual! In READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME I MUST READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books People Keep Telling Me I MUST Read. Which there are a lot of, but these are the first that come to mind in no particular order: Under the Dome – Stephen King 1984 – George Orwell On the Road – Jack READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WE WERE LIARS – E. LOCKHART
A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it.And if READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #34
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
5 FRIDAY FAVES | FAVOURITE FILMS
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite films.” Seriously – only five? 1. Amelie I love the whimsy in this movie, and the sense that there is READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M NOT SURE I WANT TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books I’m Not Sure I Want To Read. Oh, what a good topic! 1. Allegiant – Veronica Roth Seeing as I didn’t much like Insurgent and then had this definitively spoiled for me, I’ve rather gone off the prospect.2. Crime and Punishment READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS – AISHA TYLER
Comedian, actress, co-host of CBS’s daytime hit The Talk, and creator of the top-ranked podcast Girl on Guy, Aisha Tyler offers a collection of hysterical and unflinchingly personal essays about the spectacular mistakes she has made in her life and what those epic fails have taught her. A fun, revealing and savory read, Self-Inflicted Wounds READ MORE