Teaser Tuesdays: Bluebeard’s Egg
byThis week’s teaser is from Bluebeard’s Egg – a collection of short stories by Margaret Atwood. This teaser is the first paragraph taken from…
Short stories
Library Loot: April 22
byLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief that encourages bloggers to share…
Hot April Books
byRightly or wrongly, I usually consider the summer months a lean time for reading. Everyone is outdoors/traveling/whatevering, and reading is not a high priority….
Mailbox Mondays: February 10, 2014
byWelcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. I received the following books over the last couple of weeks….
Meme: Six in Six
byI saw this meme over at The Bookworm Chronicles and decided this was the perfect way to showcase the books I read this year…
Alice Munro Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
byYes, this blog post is a few days late in coming, but I got quite enthusiastic about this piece of news for two major…
Final Cut
byThis is a set of longish short stories by new author Uday Gupt. In Hodson’s Gold, a quest for the legacy of one of…
Final Cut by Uday Gupt is a compilation of short stories. Here I am sharing a couple of quotes from two of the short…
- Teaser Tuesdays – Final Cut
Through the Window – A Book Review
byThis book is a compilation of some lovely essays Julian Barnes has written about other writers and their books. Each essay focuses on one…
Mailbox Mondays: August 19, 2013
byWelcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Kathy from BermudaOnion. I got two books last week, both books are…