A Nice Parcel and a Tuesday Teaser
After getting thoroughly annoyed running around the shops at lunchtime trying to post a parcel and failing, I was cheered to see a parcel for me on my desk when I got back to work. Of course it was a …...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Blurb
Q: “What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back down immediately?” Off the top of my head, words or phrases that make me want to read a...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – It’s All About ME!
This weeks BTT Question is: Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)? To be honest, I’m not a big fan of factual...
View ArticleTuesday Teaser
“Here was all laughter and confusion. Here beautiful women, their hair dyed gorgeous colours, squashed soft, pale furs into golden chairs, bright lipsticked cigarettes into their mouths, and exhaled a...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Posterity
Q: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era …...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday – Plato’s Republic
This week my quotation comes from Plato’s Republic, which I am reading for a book group. I have to admit that I’m a bit daunted by all the philosophising, but I’m curious to give it a go and read the …...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Thankful Thursday
This weeks question: It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. today, so I know at least some of you are going to be as busy with turkey and family as I will be, so this week’s question is a simple one: What …...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday – The Dog That Came In From The Cold
Inspired by Dot Scribbles who has been posting regularly on the serialised version of Alexander McCall Smith’s The Dog That Came In From The Cold, I’ve started listing to the podcasts (or rather...
View ArticleUnusual Bookmarks
Q: What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used? I have become better at using book marks in the past year or so. I used to regularly …...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Gifts
Barbara wants to know: What books did you get for Christmas (or whichever holiday you may have celebrated last month)? Do you usually ask for books on gift-giving occasions or do you prefer to buy them...
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