Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings -Top Ten Tuesday
Be it Christmas or any other occasion, these books are definitely on my wishlist: Continue reading Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings -Top Ten Tuesday
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Top Ten Tuesday – Books on my Winter TBR
It’s all about Hamilton… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Books on my Winter TBR
Mary Beard’s SPQR – book review
It took me two years to finally read my chunky hardback copy (signed) of Mary Beard’s SPQR, but it was definitely worth it. Continue reading Mary Beard’s SPQR – book review
Top Ten Books I’m Thankful For – Top Ten Tuesdays
A rather eclectic mix of books… Continue reading Top Ten Books I’m Thankful For – Top Ten Tuesdays
Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
Zadie Smith’s NW is a novel about three people who grew up in Willesden, North-West London. Continue reading Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon and Other Tales – a book review This short Oxford University Press edition includes four short stories by Joseph Conrad: Typhoon, Falk, Amy Foster and The Secret Sharer, and a very useful introduction. I loved it. I do not typically read shorter fiction, but these stories were incredibly satisfying in their sense of completeness and wholenesss as works of art. Nabokov once said in his Lectures … Continue reading Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Bill Bryson “Made in America” – book review
It’s partially an etymology, partially a history, and mostly a collection of witty anecdotes. Continue reading Bill Bryson “Made in America” – book review
David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” – a book review
It probably tells you something about me that I’ve managed to procrastinate reading a self-help book that talks about stopping procrastination.
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Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” – a book review
I loved this book so much!!! I don’t know how I had not heard this book mentioned before – it is simply exquisite. A Moveable Feast is Hemingway’s memoir of the time he spent in the Paris in the 1920s. Hemingway had just given his job as a journalist to pursue a career in writing fiction. He was young, recently married and ambitious. This memoir … Continue reading Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” – a book review
Top Ten Tuesday – autumn TBR lists
Most of my “To-Be-Reads” on my autumn list could easily have appeared on my summer reading list, which is slightly embarrassing for me… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – autumn TBR lists
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