Posts Tagged ‘London’
Monica Dickens – Mariana
I bought this book back in January, simply because the blurb likened it to I Capture The Castle, and ended up “saving” it for the Persephone Reading Week (hosted by Verity and Claire). I had great expectations from this book (if you may excuse the totally unnecessary pun), not only because of the blurb comparing […]
Filed under: Books 2010, Coming of Age, General Fiction, Monica Dickens, Persephone Books, Persephone Classics, Review | 33 Comments
Tags: London, Monica Dickens, Paris, World War II
Sometimes, I wonder about myself. Half way through this Fantastic February Female Frivolities (I like alliterations, love double alliterations…), I realised I hadn’t picked out a single Virago Modern Classic. Like I said, sometimes, I do wonder about myself. Anyway, the minute this hit me, I reached out for the first VMC I could find […]
Filed under: General Fiction, Guardian 1000, Muriel Spark, Review, Virago Modern Classics | 27 Comments
Tags: London, Muriel Spark
Sarah Waters – The Night Watch
Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch is the third novel I’ve read by her, and it’s as different as the previous two as it can be. While one was a gothic ghost story set in Warwickshire (The Little Stranger), the other was a Victorian thriller (Fingersmith). And then we have this: a book set (mostly in) […]
Filed under: Booker Prize Shortlist, Books 2010, Complete Booker, Guardian 1000, Historical Fiction, Orange Prize Shortlist, Review, Sarah Waters | 16 Comments
Tags: London, Sarah Waters, World War II
Michael Cunningham – The Hours
It’s not often a book leaves me completely speechless. Wowed. Awestruck. Absolutely blown away. But then again, it’s not often that I come across a book like Michael Cunningham’s The Hours. Both, Claire and Rachel, recommended the book to me, saying I should read it once I finish Mrs. Dalloway. And then, I saw this […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Books 2010, General Fiction, Michael Cunningham, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Pulitzer Prize Winners, Review | 31 Comments
Tags: London, Los Angeles, Michael Cunningham, New York, Suicide, Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway
Claire {@ kissacloud} and three friends are doing a Woolf In Winter read-along. The first book they’re tackling is Mrs. Dalloway, and it’s being hosted by Sarah {@ what we have here is a failure to communicate}. I picked up the Vintage classic last year, while idly browsing a second hand book store, and have […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Books 2010, General Fiction, Guardian 1000, Penguin Modern Classics, Review, Vintage Classics, Virginia Woolf | 54 Comments
Tags: London, Virginia Woolf
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: Books 2009, John Christopher, Penguin Modern Classics, Review, Sci-Fi Challenge, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Take A Chance Challenge | 6 Comments
Tags: Dystopia, John Christopher, London
Sarah Waters – Fingersmith
It’s the 1860s, and Lant Street, a dodgy street near Southwark Bridge, is inhabited by petty thieves, small-time burglars, piddling swindlers and the like. Here lives Sue Trinder, a seventeen year old, with Mrs. Sucksby (her guardian), and Mr. Ibbs (a man who fences stolen items), along with a bunch of infants, unwanted in this […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Booker Prize Shortlist, Books 2009, Guardian 1000, Orange Prize Shortlist, Review, Sarah Waters, Suspense/Thriller | 9 Comments
Tags: London, Sarah Waters, Victorian Society
Chris Cleave – The Other Hand
As far as I’m concerned, this book represents everything that is wrong with the publishing industry at the moment. I’ve read some fantastic reviews about this book, and was really looking forward to it, despite being quite unimpressed with the two marketing stunts the book (I don’t know whether this should be attributed to the […]
Filed under: Books 2009, Chris Cleave, Costa Awards Shortlist, General Fiction, Review | 9 Comments
Tags: Chris Cleave, London, Nigeria
