Sleeping is not one of my gifts. Some people have the gift of sleep: my husband, my mother. Like logs they drift through their oceans of dreams every night, getting perfect 10.0’s for dropping … more →
jasminemblaKaren wrote 1 week ago: By Lauren Groff Fair to middling. That’s how I rate this book. I guess that gives it 2 1/2 st … more →
Molly wrote 1 month ago: I’m suffering a crisp-related crisis of confidence this week. I suspect that I might be a Prin … more →
Betty Noire wrote 2 months ago: I did Afrikaans-Nederlands I & II and Modern Fiction in Translation at university. I had an illu … more →
Dody Jane wrote 2 months ago: I think a truly great book is one you can re-read and enjoy as much the second time as you did the … more →
Trisha wrote 2 months ago: Canada/UK cover for the novel. The US design has not been revealed. Note to publishers: Last I heard … more →
ambergold wrote 2 months ago: I like this. I tend overall to not agree with the writer of this article, who slams Byatt’s cr … more →
thousandmonkeys wrote 2 months ago: My enthusiasm for undiscovered truths (or speculative assumptions, whichever appeals most to my roma … more →
enyal wrote 5 months ago: Have I mentioned lately that I can’t let myself read for pleasure these days? It’s sad … more →
coatesn wrote 6 months ago: A round-up of what some sites say to expect in books for 2009: The Millions gives a month x month p … more →
bookdiva wrote 7 months ago: I read Possession, by A.S. Byatt when it first came out a few years back, on an airplane on my way … more →
Karen wrote 7 months ago: By Robert Bittlestone I totally dug this book, even though those bastards at the library didn … more →
enyal wrote 7 months ago: I just finished A Whistling Woman, the last of A.S. Byatt’s books about the Potter family and … more →
lucy wrote 8 months ago: On Friday I was in London at the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the Women’s Military Hos … more →
thenoticeboard0809 wrote 8 months ago: By Faye Lyons-White The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. … more →
nayiri wrote 8 months ago: In our apartment, Keith and I have six bookshelves, all of which not only hold books in typical on-t … more →
Care wrote 8 months ago: Review The Matisse Stories by A.S.Byatt OK, first off, I’m such an unaware dweeb that … more →
jasminembla wrote 9 months ago: Sleeping is not one of my gifts. Some people have the gift of sleep: my husband, my mother. Like log … more →
enyal wrote 10 months ago: I am almost through reading the second of A.S. Byatt’s books about the Potter family. And I a … more →
jasminembla wrote 10 months ago: Am currently reading AS Byatt’s novel The Virgin in the Garden. The first in a quartet sometim … more →