Archive for the 'Authors' Category
Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has dominated the bestsellers’ chart this year, and the Swedish author has received much acclaim posthumously (Larsson died of a heart attack at the age of just fifty). It first came to my attention about a year ago (February 2009), and I added it to my ever-growing list, [...]
Filed under: Galaxy Crime Thriller Of The Year, Review, Stieg Larsson, Suspense/Thriller | 8 Comments
Tags: Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson, Sweden
Background: This is the final book read, as part of the Take A Chance Challenge hosted by Jenners. Challenge#7, i.e. Random Bestseller reads:
Go to Random.org and, using the True Random Number Generator, enter the number 1950 for the min. and 2008 for the max. and then hit generate. Then go to this site and find the year [...]
Filed under: David Guterson, General Fiction, Review | 12 Comments
Tags: David Guterson
This incredibly poignant well written story tackles various important and sensitive topics, some of which are still valid today, despite the book being set around the time of the second World War.
Set in the English countryside, Michelle Magorian tells the story of Willie, a timid little specimen, who is an evacuee from London, and is [...]
Filed under: ALA Best Books For Young Adults, BBC's Big Read {Best Loved Novel}, Guardian Children's Fiction Award, Historical Fiction, Michelle Magorian, Review, Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books, Young Adult | 16 Comments
Tags: =, Child Abuse, Michelle Magorian, World War II
Mish @ Stage And Canvas convinced me to read this book with a comment on the Great Movie Adaptations’ Weekly Geeks. It sounded like a fun, light-hearted read, and that’s exactly what it was. Fun. Light-hearted. Feel good.
It’s a book that combines the best elements of all the classic fairy tales, and exaggerates them to [...]
Filed under: ALA Best Books For Young Adults, Children's Books, Review, Satire, William Goldman | 24 Comments
Tags: Fairy Tales, Satire, William Goldman
Background:
While this month, my blog entries seem to be focused a lot on the Take A Chance challenge, it’s only because the challenge is up end of month, and I am actually trying to finish it. After this, I only have one more challenge to tackle, and I’ve already started the final book (David [...]
Filed under: John Christopher, Penguin Modern Classics, Review, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | 6 Comments
Tags: Dystopia, John Christopher, London
Molly Keane – Full House
I stumbled upon this book in a second-hand bookstore, and fell in love with the cover. It’s also my first green Virago Modern Classic, and I was quite excited to begin this journey… luckily, it didn’t disappoint, which is nice, as my last two reads haven’t been exceptionally good, by any standards.
Set in the backdrop [...]
Filed under: General Fiction, Molly Keane, Review, Virago Modern Classics | 19 Comments
Tags: Ireland, Molly Keane
Susan Hill – The Beacon
Background:
I ended up picking this book for the Take A Chance Challenge#5. You might have noticed that in my original book selection, I had opted for Mary Higgins Clark’s Just Take My Heart. However, that book is not out in paperback yet, so… I went back to the phone book and found the name “Hill”. [...]
Filed under: General Fiction, Review, Susan Hill | 12 Comments
Tags: Susan Hill
I absolutely loved The Shadow Of The Wind when I read it back in April, with its glimpse into old Barcelona, fantastic story-telling and hyperbolism extraordinaire. When The Angel’s Game hit the stores a few months back, I picked it out almost greedily, and stacked it on my bookshelf, waiting for the “right” time to [...]
Filed under: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, General Fiction, Magical Realism, Review | 7 Comments
Tags: Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spain
Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle is another one of those books with a fantastic opening line, which makes the reader want more:
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining board, which I have padded with our dog’s blanket and [...]
Filed under: BBC's Big Read {Best Loved Novel}, Coming of Age, Dodie Smith, Review, Virago Modern Classics | 14 Comments
Tags: Dodie Smith
Natsuo Kirino – Out
Desperation leads one to do strange things; things one would not do under normal circumstances – things one would not even consider. This is the essence of one of the bleakest books I’ve read this year: Out.
Natsuo Kirino’s bestseller follows four women working in a bento-box factory, who turn their lives upside down, as circumstance [...]
Filed under: Grand Prix of the Mystery Writers Of Japan, Japanese Literature Challenge 3, Natsuo Kirino, Review, Suspense/Thriller | 15 Comments
Tags: Japan, Natuso Kirino
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