Recent Acquisitions
Ahem. I seem to have acquired a good few books over the last month. A number of these, if not all, have transpired from my recent desire to return to my reading roots and the above reflect my true and yet diverse reading tastes. Very few of the titles are actually new fiction but those [...]
Recent Acquisitions
Here is a bundle of my latest review copies (and one competition win) for the bibliophilic voyeurs amongst you. Many thanks to Kirsty of Oxford University Press; Alice of Bloomsbury; Meike of Peirene Press; Fiona of Vintage; Harvey of Windmill and Rosamund of Penguin for supplying my summer, challenge and classic reading needs. I read [...]
Recent Acquisitions
My latest acquisitions have been accumulating in a couple of piles over the last few weeks and are a mixture of books bought and sent.
The Viragoes at the top were both one and the other; the stunning lilac edition of Janet Frame short stories was kindly sent by Sophie of Virago (please have a look [...]
Claire’s Corner
Have you seen Nymeth’s 1930s Mini-Challenge? I require no additional encouragement to read from the time period (I love inter-war literature) so I shall definitely be participating, especially when all that is required is to read one book during a three month period (beginning this week), which helpfully overlaps with Persephone Reading Week. Excluding those [...]
Showing Fervour for Fevvers
Just before Christmas last year I participated in Aarti of Booklust’s wonderful Rosie’s Riveters feature, before it came to an end. I hope that Aarti doesn’t mind me recycling that post; I was inspired by a survey posted by My Friend Amy today: What Books Do You Wish Everyone Would Read? It will, I hope, [...]
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