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Mr Darcy is 200 years old today. That’s a lot of candles on the cake. If Bridget Jones is capable of drinking something real tonight, I’m sure she’d pick something celebratory… maybe a Moet or a Veuve Clicquot. Or a … Continue reading
Bookiness – Phantoms on the Bookshelves (2010) by Jacques Bonnet
Phantoms On The Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have a lot of books. I know other people with a lot of books. I also know that I’m going to inherit at least three libraries … Continue reading
Bookiness – Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion (2010) by Regina Jeffers
Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion: Jane Austen’s Classic Retold Through His Eyes by Regina Jeffers My rating: 1 of 5 stars Why oh why oh why do I do these things to myself??? Jane Austen’s Persuasion is one of my very favourite … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciaran Hinds, fiction, historical fiction, Irishmen, Jane Austen, Persuasion
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Bookiness – Tigana (1992) by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are some authors who, thank goodness, never let you down. For me, Guy Gavriel Kay is one of those. I first read his Fionavar Tapestry when I was … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Canada, epics, fantasy, fiction, Fionavar, Guy Gavriel Kay, historical fantasy, plot devices, surprise endings, suspense, Tigana
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The Weight of Books
I just moved to a new apartment in a new city. As many, if not all, of you will know, moving homes involves a lot of planning… and a lot of boxes. In my case, it also involved that careful … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs, Musings
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, American Civil War, books, Canadian history, Crime and Punishment, English courses, Ernest Hemingway, fantasy, fiction, Gettysburg, historical fiction, Irishmen, Jeff Daniels, Lawrence of Arabia, libraries, Michelangelo, Peter O'Toole, Pickett's Charge, Richard Burton, Shelby Foote, Sir William Johnson, The Great Gatsby, The Newsroom, The Odysssey, The West Wing, University of Toronto, war
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Bookiness – The Nature of Monsters (2007) by Clare Clark
The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark My rating: 1 of 5 stars It is a rare thing for me to dislike a book as much as I did this one; even rarer for me to finish it, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1666, 1718, ambiguity, Enlightenment, fiction, Great Fire, historical fiction, London, monsters, movies, Restoration, science, St Paul's Cathedral, stupidity
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Bookiness – Rhett Butler’s People (2007) by Donald McCaig
Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig My rating: 4 of 5 stars Because I can’t count Gone With The Wind in the Insatiable Bookslut’s 2012 End of the World Challenge, as I’ve read it four times and watched the film … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, fiction, Gone With The Wind, grandmothers, historical fiction, husbands, movies, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara
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