Having already listed the books for the first two weeks of January here, the remains of January slowed down a bit. There’ve also been a couple of books that didn’t fit in with any extant categories, in which case they’re … Continue reading
So, the 2015 Reading Challenge has started, and this is where I stand today… Note : I’m only going to use each category once, even if more than one book fulfils the same categories. If the True Uborkans want me … Continue reading
Thanks everyone for suggestions, I have made more edits to the original list. I was hoping to have finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami before today, so I could do a review and … Continue reading
Inspired by POPSUGAR, Uborka is randomly choosing January as an excuse to set a challenge. For those too lazy to click, here’s the list: A book with more than 500 pages. A classic romance. A book that became a movie. … Continue reading
I didn’t read as much this year as last, perhaps because the MIL’s house in France now features a very pleasant swimming pool. What I did read was largely mystical, magical or historical in nature: The Book of Life – … Continue reading
Today is World Book Day, which means every school in England has a fancy dress day, except for Bernard’s school which is having a Lent assembly instead. They are dressing up next Friday, which gives me more time to figure … Continue reading
I Take You – Nikki Gemmell I can’t quite pin down how I feel about this book, and it didn’t help that I had only downloaded a third of it (I think it was free or something). Gemmell seems to … Continue reading
I have read a lot of books over the summer, mostly while lying in a shady corner of the garden in France, but also while sheltering from the rain in Derbyshire. Here they all are: