Ramblings of a Bookworm
Posted in Biography, Book Reviews, Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen, Non-fiction on Jul 4th, 2009
It’s been a few weeks since I finished reading Jane Austen: a Life by Claire Tomalin. I listed this book as one I hadn’t reviewed in a Weekly Geeks post - the idea being to spur me on to writing the outstanding reviews and invite questions about the books from other book bloggers.
Dorothy, who sent me the book [...]
Posted in A N Wilson, Andy Beckett, Books, Claire Tomalin, Non-fiction, Teaser Tuesdays on May 19th, 2009
Should Be Reading – Miz B – hosts this weekly event – quoting a couple of sentences from our current read (without spoilers, of course) to entice you to read the book.
I’n currently reading three books – all non-fiction: a biography of Jane Austen, a popular history of Britain 1900 -1952 and a political history [...]
Posted in Andy Beckett, Books, Claire Tomalin, Hilary Mantel, Pamela Stephenson, Rachel Cusk on May 6th, 2009
Some more books found their way to me last Saturday. In the morning the postman delivered When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett sent to me courtesy of LibraryThing Early Reviewers Programme. Actually, the postman just left it propped up against the wall by the front door and I didn’t find it [...]
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