Ramblings of a Bookworm
Posted in Book Reviews, What's In a Name on Sep 6th, 2008
In August I read a beautiful little book- it was a birthday present - James Herriot’s Cat Stories. It was a great relief to read this book after some of the books (about war and disasters) I’d been reading lately and this book with its lovely illustrations by Lesley Holmes cheered me up immensely. That’s not to say it [...]
Posted in Baroness Orczy, Book Reviews, Challenges, Heart of a Child, What's In a Name on Jul 9th, 2008
I’ve had my copy of The Scarlet Pimpernel for a long time. I can’t remember how long and there is no date in the book - all I know is that it cost 3s 6d and I must have been about 11, 12 or 13 when I first read it. Once I started to read it [...]
Posted in Books, What's In a Name on Mar 28th, 2008
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2007, Harper Perrenial 433 pages. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2007.
This book is based on the Nigeria-Biafra War of 1967 –70 and I’m old enough to remember hearing about it at the time. Then I had little idea what it was all about – [...]
Posted in Books, What's In a Name on Mar 17th, 2008
We discussed Daniel Isn’t Talking last Wednesday evening at the book group. One of the others summed up my feelings when she said, “I was rather under whelmed by it”. I had very mixed feelings whilst reading. I was intrigued to know more about autism, and the book certainly made me a lot more knowledgeable, [...]
Posted in Books, Challenges, Chunkster Challenge, From the Stacks, What's In a Name on Jan 30th, 2008
The devastation, desolation and waste of war had me in tears as I was reading Winter In Madrid. I already knew from reading his 16th century crime thrillers that C. J. Sansom is a master storyteller and this book exceeded my expectations. It is an action packed thrilling war/spy story and also a moving love [...]
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