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The Monsters of Templeton2 comments

Karen 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 →

Tags: Book Club, Book Journal--Spoilers Galore!, Book Review, James Fenimore Cooper, Jayma Mays, lauren groff, Michael Cunningham, monsters of templeton, Possession

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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 →

Tags: Literature, Blogging, Fiction, Originality, Possession, pringles, writing

On writing #5: hara-kiri, etc. - part 216 comments

Betty Noire wrote 2 months ago: I did Afrikaans-Nederlands I & II and Modern Fiction in Translation at university. I had an illu … more →

Tags: writing, Murakami, Kiran Desai, DM Thomas, Saul Bellow, Andre P Brink, Etienne van Heerden, Elmore Leonard

The Children's Book - Not Just for Kids Anymore3 comments

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 →

Tags: Literary Adventures, Reading, The Children's Book, Fairy Tales, byatt, Possession

US fans must wait for Byatt's latest5 comments

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 →

Tags: News, British Writers, Fiction, Historical Fiction

A.S. Byatt and J.K. Rowling: High Lit versus Pop Lit

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 →

Tags: Brit Lit, Childhood, Lit Theory/Nonsense, Literature, children's lit, JK Rowling

Family (hi)story

thousandmonkeys wrote 2 months ago: My enthusiasm for undiscovered truths (or speculative assumptions, whichever appeals most to my roma … more →

Tags: writing, Creative Writing, Stories, Tracy Chevalier, Family History

The Game

enyal wrote 5 months ago: Have I mentioned lately that I can’t let myself read for pleasure these days?  It’s sad … more →

Tags: Books, the game

2009 books to watch for

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 →

Tags: Book Links, Book Lists, Book News, 2009 books, Chuck Palahniuk, Jonathan Lethem, Kazuo Ishiguro, Lorrie Moore, Yiyun Lu

Possession, by A.S. Byatt

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 →

Tags: General, Book Reviews, literature/fiction, Books, Fiction, Litrature, Novels, Possession, Writers

Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca2 comments

Karen wrote 7 months ago: By Robert Bittlestone I totally dug this book, even though those bastards at the library didn … more →

Tags: Book Journal--Spoilers Galore!, Book Review, Babylon 5, Odysseus Unbound, robert bittlestone, Ithaca, The-Odyssey, Homer, The Iliad

Whistling Good-bye

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 →

Tags: The Potter Family, A Whistling Woman

Olga Byatt (nee Campbell) and the Endell Street Hospital1 comment

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 →

Tags: Family History, David Byatt, Endell Street Military Hospital, Flora Murray, Hugh Byatt, Louisa Garrett Anderson, Olga Byatt, Olga Campbell, Robin Byatt

The Booker and Other Literary Awards2 comments

thenoticeboard0809 wrote 8 months ago: By Faye Lyons-White The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. … more →

Tags: Literature and Film, Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008, Costa Book Awards, Orange Boradband Prize for Fiction, The Richard and Judy Book Club, The Times, The Orange Prize, Positive discrimination, Kirsty Lang

Possession by A.S. Byatt.

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 →

Tags: Books, Review, Possession, Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

Review The Matisse Stories10 comments

Care wrote 8 months ago: Review      The Matisse Stories  by A.S.Byatt  OK, first off, I’m such an unaware dweeb that … more →

Tags: Review, The Matisse Stories

The last five books I slept with

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 →

Tags: Fraxinus excelsior, Joann Sfar, Mesopotamia, Ann Carson, PR

Stephanie. (spoiler. sorry about that.)

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 →

Tags: Books, babel tower, Frederica Potter, Stephanie Potter, Marcus Potter, Still Life

The virgin in the garden2 comments

jasminembla wrote 10 months ago: Am currently reading AS Byatt’s novel The Virgin in the Garden. The first in a quartet sometim … more →

Tags: Fraxinus excelsior, Harry Potter, Dasein, Interstitial literature


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