Title: Smoke and Mirrors Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Short stories / Fantasy Date: 2013 (1998) Publisher: Headline Publishing Group Pages: 389 Started: 27th January 2019 Completed: 12th February 2019 Rating: 4/5 Summary: An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary adoptive… Continue reading Book Review: Smoke and Mirror by Neil Gaiman
WWW Wednesday is a feature hosted by Taking On a World of Words. The only rules are to answer the following three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments by Sappho East of Eden by John Steinbeck Recently… Continue reading WWW Wednesday: 7th February 2019 to 13th February 2019
WWW Wednesday is a feature hosted by Taking On a World of Words. The only rules are to answer the following three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I haven’t done a WWW Wednesday post in almost two years but I wanted to… Continue reading WWW Wednesday: 31st January 2019 to 6th February 2019
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This post is an opportunity to recap the past week on my blog and in my personal life. It’s also a chance to set up some goals for the upcoming week and talk about anything else that I want to talk about. See the rules here. Personal: I didn’t… Continue reading The Sunday Post #114
February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. – Shirley Jackson, Raising Demons February is a short month (and a very busy month in my academic year) so I’m keeping my TBR realistically short. East of Eden by John Steinbeck California’s fertile Salinas… Continue reading February 2019 TBR
The first month of 2019 is over and it has been a quiet month for the most part. I think it was a good month though. Personal: I spent the first weekend of 2019 in London which was a wonderful way to start the year! I went to see Doctor Faustus at the Sam Wanamaker… Continue reading January 2019 Recap
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was previously hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List There’s a lot of Agatha Christie on this list which is fine because I love Agatha Christie. The Big Four by… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This post is an opportunity to recap the past week on my blog and in my personal life. It’s also a chance to set up some goals for the upcoming week and talk about anything else that I want to talk about. See the rules here. Personal: I was… Continue reading The Sunday Post #113
Title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Crime / Mystery / Classics Date: 2013 (1926) Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 304 Started: 24th January 2019 Completed: 26th January 2019 Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: ‘Key in the lock all right, sir. On the inside. Mr Ackroyd must have locked himself in.’ Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew that the woman he loved had… Continue reading Book Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Title: The Tale of Genji Author: Murasaki Shikibu Genre: Classics / Monogatari Date: 2006 (1008) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Pages: 1360 Started: 1st January 2019 Completed: 24th January 2019 Rating: 4/5 Summary: Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki’s tale came to occupy a central place in Japan’s remarkable… Continue reading Book Review: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
