TudorRose
A Gemini, with various interests. I love reading, to the extent a book goes with me everywhere. I am one of those annoying people who seem to have a collection of blank notebooks, ready to be used. And a huge TBR book pile.
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Trivia, Confessing, Light in Books 2016
Read since my last entry, with the exception of The First Confessor, which I’m tacking on to the end..I forgot to include it in my last entry. I didn’t think I’d enjoy A Confederacy of Dunces by ...
Another four book reviews in Books 2016
I really need to get a life! All books read this month. Well, Graphic Dickens: David Copperfield, as retold by Hilary Burningham and illustrated by Chris Rowlatt, just reminded me how I’ve not re...
Suffragettes Cooking Purple Hearts (4 in 1 review) in Books 2016
All four of the books mentioned below were read this month. The Suffragettes (57 pages in length) was published by Penguin this year, and is book number 94 in the Little Black Book series. The c...
The King's Bed/The Martian Chronicles (potential spoilers) in Books 2016
The King’s Bed: Sex, Power and the Court of Charles II by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh (354 pages, including Postscript, Acknowledgements, etc) is the story of the Merry Monarch....in terms of hi...
Reading map as of today in Books 2016
Updated reading map…I still have two more books to review, but their country of setting’s already been covered. Updated Reading Map. Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson (306 pages) is a non fiction book on those who’ve been publicly shamed over the internet and media. He discusses individual cases - people who’ve post...
I’ve read four books since my last entry. I’ve obviously got far too much time on my hands! That’s four in eleven days. The first is Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (310 pages). Bridget ...
Ex Libris (Book 46) in Book Challenge 2016 (52 books to be read in 52 weeks)
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman (162 pages) is a short collection of essays on books, reading and living with a family of readers. I picked this up for $1 from a book ex...
The Diary of Lena Mukhina: A Girl’s Life in the Siege of Leningrad (translated by Amanda Love Darragh. 393 pages, including Forward and Acknowledgements) is an exhausting read. Mukhina was a mere...
Dear Fatty by Dawn French (370 pages, including acknowledgements) is her autobiography set out in letters to various people. Most are family or friends, some to celebrities. Her writing style com...
Reading Map in Book Challenge 2016 (52 books to be read in 52 weeks)
Updated Reading Map. Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com
Primary School Confidential by Mrs Woog (257 pages, including acknowledgements) was somewhat forgettable. It discusses Woog’s childhood in primary school, her teaching days and then as a parent t...
In Of Mice and Monsters by William Tenn (235 pages), the human race lives like mice. A superior, gigantic alien race takes over the Earth, and humans live within the walls of the alien’s houses. ...
Updated Reading Map. Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (317 pages, including excerpt from The Good Muslim) is the story of the creation of a new country in 1971. In the spring of that year, in East Pakistan, Rehana sets a...
The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton (311 pages, including acknowledgements and contact details for book donations in Africa) is the story of Fi, an American woman who finds herself visiting re...
Katherine Howard (The Tragic Story of Henry VIII’s Fifth Queen) by Josephine Wilkinson (309 pages, including Acknowledgements, Illustration Credits, Notes, Bibliography and Index) was one very qu...
The Collector (Book 34) in Book Challenge 2016 (52 books to be read in 52 weeks)
The Collector by Jon Fowles (283 pages) is one of those books that just leaves you with a creeped out feeling once you finish. The story of Frederick, a withdrawn loner who collects butterflies a...
Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (288 pages) was something I’ve been meaning to read for a while now. I must admit to being slightly disappointed once I’d finished. It’s the story ...
A reading map for the first third of the year. Reading Map January to April 2016Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com
Manhattan in Reverse (260 pages) by Peter F. Hamilton is a set of seven science fiction stories. From the 1800s in Oxford during an alternate time line to a woman protesting the existence of a wo...
Paternal Grandmother in Dreams 2016
Over the last week, I’ve had a couple of dreams regarding my (deceased) paternal grandmother. The first involved she and I in the kitchen of her place - she tells me that she’s not happy with me,...
I popped by a second hand book shop yesterday and picked up around $30 worth of books I liked the look of. The first I’d read was To Miss With Love by Katharine Birbalsingh (293 pages). Birbalsin...
An updated map of where I’ve read about so far. Edit: I forgot that I’d read Kipling. Reading Map January to Beginning of AprilMake yours @ BigHugeLabs.com
So, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon (pages: 273) by Cap Lesesne, M.D. was something I picked up during an Easter weekend book sale, that was on at my favourite bookstore chain. Cap d...
