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Winner of the National Book Award is...

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. I won't lie and say it was my first choice among the five. (It would make my top three of the five.) But it was a book I enjoyed reading..

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Across the Wall by Garth Nix

Across the Wall collects one novella and twelve short stories by Old Kingdom trilogy author Garth Nix. The novella, “Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case”, is set in th..

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John Knowles’s A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace (1959) might be the first book that made me recognize the deep potential of books.  I still remember where I was when I read it - the lighting, the temperature,..

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hunting and gathering

When it works fiction can do many things - it can entertain, enlighten, educate or challenge.  I know I’ve read a good book when I walk away with at least a couple of these in m..

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Bookworms Carnival: Graphic Novels

Welcome to the 17th edition of the Bookworms Carnival. This edition’s theme is graphic novels. Whether you’re a seasoned fan of graphic novels, or just someone interest..

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Costa Book Awards shortlist announced. . .

The Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbreads) always have intriguing shortlists. They seem consistently to catch many of those great books that were passed over by other, bigger ..

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What Should I Read in December? Giveaway

It’s time again for you to choose a prize from my overflowing bookshelves. Here’s how to enter:Visit my TBR list and choose one book you’d like to have.Leave a comment on ..

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Brideshead Revisited

So after leaving book group (I know shocking) myself and Polly have started ‘Rogue Book Group’ in which we only read books that we both already own or read the books that have ..

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A to Z Challenge: the Letter Q

This meme comes from Menagerie. I've jumped into this 2/3 of the way through the alphabet, but it's a perpetual challenge so I'll get to A - P on the other end. The idea is to shoo..

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Library challenge

I'm going to be careful about the book challenges I take on next year, only doing those that are flexible and that really suit me. Obviously, I will probably do Carl's challenges a..

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The Audacity Of Hope

I could read Obama all day. He is as eloquent a writer as he is a speaker. Reading his book I was impressed with the scope of his brilliance.With the possible exception of Jimmy ..

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Romance Reading Challenge 2009

Oops! I did it again. I signed up for another challenge. But I swear this will be effortless for me, as I read so many romance novels all the same, so 5 romance books in a whole ye..

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Essays in Idleness

I’m sorry to say I was disappointed by Kenko’s Essays in Idleness. I loved the book’s prologue, which I’ve quoted on my sidebar, and I had high hopes that I..

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This Week in My Classes (November 19, 2008)

We'll be working on The Remains of the Day until the end of term in Introduction to Prose and Fiction. Today I highlighted the problem of politics in the novel, looking at the many..

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Long Time Comin'

David Francis, author of Stray Dog Winter, is a guest blogger on PowellsBooks.Blog.Readings Bookshop has compiled a list of Australian Fiction titles published during 2008. It's..

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TSS: What makes a good book group read?

I’ve been leading a real-life book group for 5 years now and we’ve just read our 50th novel together! During that time it’s become clear that to be a success th..

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TSS: Stuck in a reading rut

Okay, how do you know when you’re stuck in a rut with your reading? How about this: it’s the middle of the month and you’ve been reading the same book since the s..

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Geese and Lace says love to me!

What is it about long-haired guys with guitars on fantasy covers? What about ghostly ladies? Let's combine them all together, shall we?This guy's not only dead, he's lost all h..

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Nadine Gordimer - None to Accompany Me

Things have been quiet around here – sorry for the unexpected blogging break but I’m back today with more Nadine Gordimer. I finished her 11th and 12th novels over the week..

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