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Christmas presents...1 comment

alexdonald wrote 1 week ago: …of the book variety. Due to my reputation as a book worm/word nerd, and also due to the exist … more →

Tags: Writing/Literature, Blake Bailey, fred exley, geoff dyer, Jenny Huston, nancy mitford, olivier zahm, Paul Auster, PURPLE magazine

I Capture the Castle

mystrygirl87 wrote 3 weeks ago: “[...] two of us always on the look-out for life, talking to Miss Blossom at night, wondering, … more →

Tags: Reviews, Memorable Books, Guardian

Citatul zilei

Alina Gâdoiu wrote 4 weeks ago: “Ce tragedie, că tinereţea e dată pe mâna copiilor!” – Camil Petrescu “Familia … more →

Tags: Cugetari, camil petrescu

Dodie Smith - I Capture The Castle14 comments

uncertainprinciples wrote 1 month ago: Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle is another one of those books with a fantastic opening line … more →

Tags: BBC's Big Read {Best Loved Novel}, Books 2009, coming of age fiction, Review, Virago modern classics

I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith6 comments

novelfootsteps wrote 1 month ago: NOVELFOOTSTEPS AVERAGE RATING: Books like this: Little Women (Louisa May Alcott); —— … more →

Tags: Book Review and Ratings, Smith, I capture the castle, Growing Up

I is for I8 comments

Carol wrote 2 months ago: Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today’s letter is I. I read this novel in t … more →

Tags: "S" Authors, Fiction, classsic, I capture the castle

Super Thursday4 comments

bookwitch wrote 2 months ago: How super is it? I’ve been considering having a good long moan about this for a while. About t … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, Bookshops, Christmas, Crime, Jacqueline Wilson, Reading, Review, writing

I Capture the Castle in half an hour11 comments

Sharry wrote 2 months ago: Quickly! Must post! I’m posting this in between classes. I have half an hour! Hence the possible poo … more →

Tags: of Movies and TV shows, Film Adaptation, Henry Thomas, I capture the castle, I capture the Castle 2003, Marc Blucas., Romola Garai, Rose Byrne

Austen Allusions in I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith13 comments

Laurel Ann wrote 3 months ago: I know of few novels – except Pride and Prejudice – that inspire as much fierce lifelong … more →

Tags: Austen Inspired, Austen-esque Books, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Fiction, I capture the castle, Romola Garai, emma 2009

I Capture the Castle10 comments

Andreea wrote 4 months ago: I have just finished reading I Capture the Castle and even though it’s a good book, it was not as ch … more →

Tags: British Literature, English Literature, 20th Century, romance novel

Belated Book Group Blog4 comments

savidgereads wrote 5 months ago: Now what with moving house and all I have been lax on reporting back on Book Group last Thursday, an … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, book group, truman capote, book groups, Daphne du Maurier, Kate Atkinson, Khaled Hosseini, nancy mitford, Jane Austen

Bookstore raiding = empty pockets15 comments

Sharry wrote 5 months ago: It feels like I’m trying to fill a void in my life with books. I’m going on a craze! Jus … more →

Tags: of Art and Artists, of Books, Stories and Novels, Book Addiction, book art, Booklist, Brian Dettmer, City of the Beasts, cynthia voigt, Daughter of the Nile

Second Childhood5 comments

atracyhale wrote 5 months ago: At my advanced age and with my advanced degree in hand, I’ve finally developed the confidence … more →

Tags: Literature, Meg Rosoff, Young Adult books

Listen! do da da...2 comments

Amber wrote 5 months ago: Do you wanna know a secret? do da da it’s not a secret at all and I want to tell everyone! Las … more →

Tags: Books, Girly Stuff, Reviews, England, I capture the castle, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, Eva Rice

Booking Through Thursday10 comments

Jenny wrote 6 months ago: I like this one: This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’v … more →

Tags: Misc, alice walker, American Gods, Barbara Kingsolver, CS Lewis, chaim potok, Charlotte Bronte, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, emily climbs

Gifts as a declaration of love

kate200 wrote 6 months ago: There’s an interesting passage in Dodie Smith’s 1978 memoir, Look Back with Mixed Feelings, in which … more →

Tags: Sociology of gifts and giving, Gifts in literature, gifts, Romance

Eva Rice, "The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets"2 comments

carolwallace wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I walked past a rain-drenched lilac tree and stopped to smell it.  The sweet scent took me … more →

Tags: Literary Fiction, Eva Rice

The New Moon with the Old, Dodie Smith3 comments

Jenny wrote 8 months ago: Ordinarily I only ever read this book when I have just finished I Capture the Castle and I need my D … more →

Tags: Favored authors, 3 Stars, reread, Charming, go off to live, The New Moon with the Old

101 Dalmatians or Faux Fur?

redstarcafe wrote 9 months ago: Pongo and Missis Pongo are a pair of Dalmatians. They live with the newly married Mr and Mrs Dearly … more →

Tags: animals, Children's Books, Literature, Art, Books, Culture, media, Illustration, Graphic Design


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