The Blue Castle

It is all too seldom that one finds a book to embrace to your heart upon finishing but The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery is one such book. I clasped it with such joy and contentment and poignancy that the experience was over; I fell in love with this book and I am delighted [...]

Ch-Ch-Changes

You may have noticed that my blogging has been somewhat sporadic of late. This has been for a myriad of reasons; I have been busier than normal with several projects and a busy calendar, which is going to become even more chaotic over the coming months. However, I have also been a bit of a [...]

In A Strange Room by Damon Galgut

Damon Galgut was a writer I had not encountered before In a Strange Room was longlisted for this year’s Man Booker prize. He has been previously shortlisted and the blurb on the front of this book alludes to him being “a kindred spirit of the great Coetzee”; as a recent yet ardent fan of Coetzee, [...]

Room by Emma Donoghue

You may have noticed that Room by Emma Donoghue is a novel that is receiving a lot of attention across the blogosphere. Longlisted for this year’s Man Booker prize, there has been an ever-increasing organic buzz surrounding the novel, that is exciting, deserved and nothing like a droning vuvuzela. Picador in the UK have been [...]

Recent Acquisitions

Strictly speaking this installment of Recent Acquisitions are not that recent but from early last month. I forgot to post them whilst I was away (despite adding one of them to my summer reading pile) but wanted to share them with you before the latest -and Booker longlist heavy- acquisitions. Kirsty of Oxford University Press [...]

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