Rosie's Riveters

Today I appear on Aarti of Booklust’s blog, participating in her wonderful Rosie’s Riveters series. I am grateful to Aarti for running such a fascinating feature that celebrates strong and memorable female characters in literature and I am delighted to have had a chance to participate before the feature ends in the New Year. Check [...]

Tuesday Teaser and Trivia

A few Christmases ago my boyfriend bought me the Book Lovers Edition of Trivial Pursuit and I thought I could virtually play with my fellow book lovers, or at least ask you a weekly literary question. So here goes (if you win then please treat yourself to a slice of pie/cake/pizza/delete where appropriate)… From the [...]

"A Christmas Memory"

I had been planning on finally reading “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote for a few months, ever since reading this post by Mee. I also knew that it was one of Nymeth’s favourite stories and this would finally be the year to read it. I settled during this festive period fully prepared to be [...]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz was scheduled to speak at the Festival of Ibero-American Literature hosted by Foyles bookshop a few weeks ago and I read his 2008 Pulitzer-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in preparation. Regretfully his talk was cancelled due to travel issues and I was disappointed not to hear him speak but enjoyed [...]

Library Loot: the débuts

If I stick to my resolve, this will be the last library loot I shall be posting about for a while as I attempt to tackle the overwhelming to-be-reads. Coincidentally these books are all débuts by female writers, three novels and one collection of short stories. I requested the top one, which reminded me to [...]

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