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It’s a (wo)man’s world

Posted on March 8, 2014 by

Apparently it’s International Women’s Day today, so I thought that I would write about just a few of the women who influenced and inspired me as a child and young woman. Growing up, I always felt eminently confident that I … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 14 – Every Day, David Levithan

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

For all of you who have fond memories of watching Quantum Leap in the early 90s, Every Day is for you! A 16-year-old, wakes up each morning to find himself in a different person’s body. Every day. They are always the same age as … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 13 – Goodbye Columbus, Philip Roth

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

Out of all the impulsively bought books that have been languishing around unread for the last year on my shelves, this probably has the silliest reason as to why I bought it. Put simply, it’s because Julian Morrow in Donna … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 12 – The Glass Room, Simon Mawer

Posted on February 4, 2014 by

This is a domestic novel, concentrating on one family, the Landauers, and their close friends and what happens to them all throughout the 1930s and 40s (and up to present day) in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia (as it is … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 11 – Old Filth, Jane Gardam

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

I bought this novel, along with Simon Mawer’s The Glass Room,  because they were part of a nice point of sale display in my local bookstore containing the 40 years of Abacus special edition books, and had lovely covers. Shallow of … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 10 – A Whistling Woman, A.S.Byatt

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

Coming in at number ten on my unread, now read list (in a neat twist, as this is the tenth book by A.S.Byatt that I have now read) is A Whistling Woman. The last of Byatt’s ‘Frederica Potter Quartet’, A … Continue reading →

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Unread, now read book 9 – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson

Posted on January 27, 2014 by

From outback Australia in my last read, to a small-minded village in the English countryside in this one. Much as I am struggling with my (self-prescribed) reading list, I am enjoying the randomness of my current reading. Usually I read … Continue reading →

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