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Finished Reading "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian"

kazaknomad wrote 4 weeks ago: What a poignant story written by Marina Lewycka, where to begin?  This book “A Short History o … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Almaty, England, Soviet Union, great patriotic war, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Tengri Umai art gallery

Reading a Book from the AIWC Book Sale

kazaknomad wrote 1 month ago: Even though I was in charge of the Book sale for the AIWC Charity Bazaar, I only bought TWO paperbac … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Almaty, Kyiv, AIWC, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Happiness1 comment

mariatkat wrote 1 month ago: Just as I was about to write about the books that I read on our trip, I finally got around to watchi … more →

Tags: Reading, will ferguson, Charles Dickens

An afternoon with Marina Lewycka

keithpp wrote 2 months ago: An afternoon with Marina Lewycka  ‘It had always been my dream to be a writer, and obviously h … more →

Tags: Writers, Literature, Books, Guildford, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, two caravans, We Are All Made of Glue, Guildford Book Festival, Electric Theatre

Off the shelf Sheffield 20091 comment

Sheffield blog wrote 3 months ago: The festival of reading and writing (10-31 October 2009) Two of the city’s biggest cultural fe … more →

Tags: Sheffield, Music, Festivals, bands, live, Arts, Celebrities, Websites, Chesterfield

Some more photos for you...4 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 months ago: if you haven’t already had enough. In fact, here are more photos even if you have. And that … more →

Tags: Adele Geras, Authors, Books, Jacqueline Wilson, michael morpurgo, Philip Ardagh, Travel, Anne Fine, Bali Rai

Strawberry Fields

gustines wrote 3 months ago: Strawberry Fields, by Marina Lewycka.  Penguin Books (2008), 294 pages I loved this book. But before … more →

Tags: Fiction, Books, Book Reviews, Reviews, Cover Art, book cover art, Reading, writing, Literature

A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian

naomikershaw wrote 3 months ago: by Marina Lewycka This was an okay book, a nice and enjoyable story, but not the laugh out loud come … more →

Tags: Project Read More, 3 Stars, A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian

‘Writing novels is basically lying’3 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 months ago: It really was Day 7 despite it being the eighth day, because the exhausted witch and her photographe … more →

Tags: Books, Bookshops, Authors, Reading, writing, Philip Ardagh, Elizabeth Laird, Patrick Ness, louise rennison

Really, really entertaining novels

Azalea wrote 4 months ago: I’ve bitched before about “Back to School” starting July 5th but today, in one of … more →

Tags: dishcloth, Susanna Clarke, Michael Chabon, Catherine Aird, simon brett, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell

'We Are All Made Of Glue'

rosiegold wrote 5 months ago: Rosie Goldsmith and Marina Lewycka Marina Lewicka launches ‘We All Made of Glue’ MARINA … more →

Tags: Misc, London Literature Festival 2009, Rosie Goldsmith

What we really do.

jbwuk wrote 6 months ago: We are often asked how organising a 9 day festival can take us all year. Let us first say that we do … more →

Tags: Behind the Scenes, chaim potok, Chaim Weizmann, Clarice Lispector, Haus, Naomi Alderman, Norman Lebrecht, Penguin, Rupert Isaacson

NZ Immigration department really are stupid... Marina Lewycka fiasco.3 comments

consumist wrote 8 months ago: Having had a fair bit to do with the Immigration ‘Service‘ over the years there is one t … more →

Tags: consumer, WTF, Immigration, Google, Stupid, Immigrants, Immigration Department, Immigrating, New Zealand immigration

Bücher im März 20098 comments

eyeline wrote 8 months ago: Werte Leserschaft, da ich auch zu halbmonatlichen Einträgen nicht in der Lage zu sein scheine, werde … more →

Tags: Ian McEwan, Mineko Iwasaki, kenneth patchen, Jeff Lindsay, Rita Mae Brown

Marina Lewycka, "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian"

carolwallace wrote 8 months ago: I am not a huge fan of the “triumph-of-the-human-spirit” genre.  I am a pretty soft touc … more →

Tags: Literary Fiction, World War II, Ukraine, immigrant

Book 991 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian1 comment

deucekindred wrote 11 months ago: Beware,  Marina Lewycka’s debut novel is very deceptive. On the surface it may seem like a typ … more →

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

janeswanscott wrote 11 months ago: A story of a family; their current life and their history, is portrayed in “A Short History of … more →

Tags: Reviews, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Review, book, Book Review

Book reviews: "Two Caravans" by Marina Lewycka, and, "The Road Home" by Rose Tremain1 comment

chesilbeach wrote 11 months ago: Quite by accident, I found myself reading these two books back to back, without knowing much about w … more →

Tags: Books, Reviews, Rose Tremain

Recommended reading...

universitydiary wrote 1 year ago: I appreciate that not everyone will be interested, but I am just reading the novel A Short History o … more →

Tags: Culture, Books, Novels


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