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Mini-Review: Island Wife by Judy Fairbairns

Category: Non-Fiction/Autobiography – Paperback: 304 pages – Publisher: Two Roads – Source: We Love This Book First Published: March 2013 — I had the chance to review this unusual tale of island… more →

Alex In Leeds

Mini-Review: Island Wife by Judy Fairbairns — 1 comment

Alex in Leeds wrote 1 month ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Autobiography – Paperback: 304 pages – Publisher: Two Roads – Source: We Love … more →

Tags: Genre: Non-fiction, Topic: Biography, Stats - Author is Female, Indie publisher, Source: We Love This Book, Mini-Reviews, 2013 reading, Published 2013, Judy Fairbairns

Review: Stet by Diana Athill — 8 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 1 month ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Books About Books – Paperback: 256 pages – Publisher: Granta Boo … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2013 reading, Diana Athill, Genre: Non-fiction, Indie publisher, Published 2000, Publisher: Granta Books, Source: Public Library, Stats - Author is Female

Review: The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell — 8 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 3 months ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Politics – Hardcover: 232 pages – Publisher: Secker and Warburg – Source … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2013 reading, Author From England, Genre: Non-fiction, George Orwell, Indie publisher, Published 1937, Publisher: Secker and Warburg, Source: Public Library

Review: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey — 13 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 3 months ago: (All Persephone Books are in grey jackets, where they differ is the end papers which feature designs … more →

Tags: genre fiction, Book Review, Theme Fiction, Stats - Author is Female, Source: My Own Shelves, Author From England, Publisher: Penguin Group, Big Six publisher, 2013 reading

Review: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley — 4 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 4 months ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Literary Criticism – Paperback: 608 pages – Publisher: Random House – Imprint: … more →

Tags: Genre: Non-fiction, Topic: Books about Books, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Published: 2005, Source: My Own Shelves, Big Six publisher, Publisher: Random House, Jane Smiley

Review: Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton — 6 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 4 months ago: (All Persephone Books are in grey jackets, where they differ is the end papers which feature designs … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Author From England, genre fiction, Helen Ashton, Indie publisher, published 1932, Publisher: Persephone Books, Source: Leeds Library

Review: The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay — 14 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 5 months ago: Category: Fiction – Hardcover: 256 pages – Publisher: Reprint Society – Source: Secondhand bookshop … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Author From England, genre fiction, Indie publisher, Published 1956, Publisher: Reprint Society, Rose Macaulay, Source: Secondhand Bookshop

Review: Crewe Train by Rose Macaulay — 6 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 6 months ago: Category: Fiction – Paperback: 272 pages – Publisher: Hachette – Imprint: Virago M … more →

Tags: genre fiction, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Theme Fiction, Stats - Author is Female, Published 1926, Source: My Own Shelves, Author From England, Big Six publisher

Review: Why We Build by Rowan Moore — 1 comment

Alex in Leeds wrote 6 months ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Architecture – Hardback: 392 pages – Publisher: Picador (Georg von … more →

Tags: Genre: Non-fiction, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Stats - Author is Male, topic: architecture, published 2012, Source: Indie Bookshop, Big Six publisher, Publisher: GvH-Macmillan

Review: The Victorian City by Judith Flanders

Alex in Leeds wrote 7 months ago: Full Title – The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens’ London Category: Non-Fiction/ … more →

Tags: genre fiction, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Topic: City Design, Stats - Author is Female, published 2012, Topic: History (Georgian), Topic: History (Victorian), Source: New Books

Review: A Handbook of American Prayer - A Novel by Lucius Shepard

Alex in Leeds wrote 7 months ago: Category: Fiction – Paperback: 273 pages – Publisher: Concord Free Press (independent pu … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Author From America, genre fiction, Indie publisher, Lucius Shepard, Published 2004, Publisher: Concord Free Press, Source: My Own Shelves

Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce — 2 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 8 months ago: Category: Fiction – Hardcover: 304 pages – Publisher: Doubleday (Random House) – S … more →

Tags: genre fiction, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Theme Fiction, Stats - Author is Female, published 2012, Source: Public Library, Author From England, Big Six publisher

Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami — 2 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 9 months ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Biography/Sports – Hardback: 192 pages – Publisher: Harvill Secker … more →

Tags: Genre: Non-fiction, Topic: Biography, Topic: Self Improvement, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Stats - Author is Male, haruki murakami, Published 2007, Source: Public Library

Review: Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner — 4 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 10 months ago: Category: Fiction/Historical/Mystery – Paperback: 304 pages – Publisher: Gallic Books … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Author From France, Claude Izner, genre fiction, Indie publisher, published 2003, Publisher: Gallic Books, Reading Challenge: Paris

Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller — 4 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 10 months ago: Category: Fiction/Historical – Hardcover: 368 pages – Publisher: Bloomsbury – Sour … more →

Tags: genre fiction, Theme: Historical, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Stats - Author is Female, Published 2011, Source: Public Library, Madeline Miller, Author From America

Review - English Journey: Or the Road to Milton Keynes by Beryl Bainbridge — 1 comment

Alex in Leeds wrote 10 months ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Travel (UK) – Paperback: 160 pages – Publisher: Carroll & Graf … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Beryl Bainbridge, Focus: J B Priestley, Genre: Non-fiction, Indie publisher, Published 1984, Publisher: Carroll & Graf (pre-2007), Reading Challenge: Readalongs

Review: The Britain of Brian Cook by Brian Cook Batsford

Alex in Leeds wrote 1 year ago: Category: Non-Fiction/Book Art – Hardback: 144 pages – Publisher: B T Batsford – S … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Brian Cook Batsford, Genre: Non-fiction, Indie publisher, published 1987, Publisher: B T Batsford, Source: Leeds Library, Stats - Author is Male

Review: A Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan Clements

Alex in Leeds wrote 1 year ago: Category: Non-Fiction/History (Vikings) – Paperback: 320 pages – Publisher: HarperCollin … more →

Tags: Genre: Non-fiction, 2012 Reading, Book Review, Topic: History (Vikings), Stats - Author is Male, Jonathan Clements, Published: 2005, Source: Indie Bookshop, Reading Challenge: Rulers

Review: Trilby by George du Maurier — 4 comments

Alex in Leeds wrote 1 year ago: Category: Fiction/Gothic Horror – Paperback: 336 pages – Publisher: Penguin Classics … more →

Tags: Book Review, 2012 Reading, Author From France, Big Six publisher, genre fiction, George du Maurier, Published 1894, Publisher: Penguin Group, Setting: France


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