Monthly Archives: January 2012
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
2008. Bloomsbury. Hardcover. 328 pages. From: the public library In a nutshell: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow is a retelling of the Nordic tale,”East of the Sun, West of the Moon”. The youngest daughter of nine children is unnamed … Continue reading
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The Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell
2011. Little, Brown and Company. Paperback. 470 pages. Under the Bright Lights. Originally published 1986. Muscle for the Wing. Originally published 1988. The Ones You Do. Originally published 1992. From: the public library In a nutshell: This omnibus contains Woodrell’s … Continue reading
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
1961. HarperPerennial. Paperback. 187 pages. From: the public library In a nutshell: Miss Jean Brodie is a charismatic teacher of Juniors at an all-girls’ school in Edinburgh. Most of the book’s events takes place in the 1930′s although the book … Continue reading
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County Chronicle by Angela Thirkell
1950. Knopf. Hardcover. 311 pages. From: the public library Recommended by: Well, the author in general was recommended by Claire of The Captive Reader. In a nutshell: This is the nineteenth Barsetshire novel written by Angela Thirkell. It is set … Continue reading
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A Look Back at Books read in 2011
Okay, so this retrospective on my 2011 year of reading is posted a little farther into January than is usual for such posts. Hopefully, there are some readers out there still interested in reading this type of post. Subtracting out … Continue reading
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Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
2007. Ballantine. Hardcover. 432 pages. From: the public library In a nutshell: Two school friends, Zanna Moon and Deeba Resham, have been seeing some strange things – a fox that appears to greet Zanna, and a broken umbrella that appears … Continue reading
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
1817. Signet Classic. Paperback. 221 pages. (Cover is from a different edition. My book’s cover image is not worth searching out or scanning in.) In a nutshell: One of Jane Austen’s earliest works, Northanger Abbey concerns seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, a … Continue reading
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
1940. Houghton Mifflin. Paperback. 359 pages. (Cover Image is from a different edition). From: the public library In a nutshell: John Singer is a deaf and mute man who lives in a Southern town whose only friend, another deaf and … Continue reading
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Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (DNF)
2004 (Translation copyright). Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 384 pages. Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. From: the public library In a nutshell: Orhan Pamuk, author of Snow and My Name is Red, writes about the city where he’s lived … Continue reading
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Crossing Washington Square by Joanne Rendell
2009. NAL Accent. Paperback. 310 pages. From: Giveaway from Fizzy Thoughts In a nutshell: Established professor, Diane Monroe and younger ‘rising star’ professor Rachel Grey, find themselves in a territorial battle, especially as they hold opposing views on the place … Continue reading
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