One of the best things about being on holiday is actually having time to read. I read all the time, but not in the same way; usually it’s a case of 20-30 minutes at a time, which is still enjoyable, but not quite as satisfying as being able to read for as long as [...]
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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 23rd, 2009  Posted in: Everything Tags for this post: #movemeon | Books | The Job.  One comment so far - more welcome! Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 27th, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. One comment so far - more welcome!The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood has been lurking in my sidebar for months, in fact it’s still there, but it will be moving on shortly. It was actually quite quick to read; it clocks in at under 200 pages, which for a book which draws on The Odyssey [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 26th, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. One comment so far - more welcome!If you believe my sidebar (no, I didn’t think you did), then I have been reading the same book since sometime around last June. Since this book is actually quite short, that would qualify me as possibly the slowest reader ever. Anyhoo, it’s all lies! I’ve read many interesting things since then, but somehow [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 14th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. Leave a commentThe Final Solution by Michael Chabon is a detective story, but unusually there are two strands to the mystery. The first is the expected mystery that is introduced and finally solved during the course of the narrative. The second, the identity of the un-named central character who is referred to as the old man, [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: June 8th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. 2 comments - more welcome!The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon is one of those rare books that I have fallen totally, completely, head-over-heels in love with. I have been so wrapped up in the story that reading it has filled literally every spare moment over the last few days. In fact, having finished the [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 31st, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books | Spurious lists. One comment so far - more welcome!I had this all planned at the start of May, but looking back I haven’t read any of the books I originally intended to read! Ah well, there’s always next month… Anyway, these are the ones that I did read: Firstly I read five out of the six books that have been shortlisted for [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 31st, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. Leave a commentBefore I Die by Jenny Downham was my fifth book out of the six on this year’s shortlist for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award*. I actually finished it a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been struggling to write about it. Let’s get the easy bit over with: what’s it about? The book tells [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 27th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books | Spurious lists. 3 comments - more welcome!Kitchen Witch has got me thinking with this list of books. Back-tracking to Infinite Drivel I found out what they have in common: the list is the books most frequently marked “unread” on librarything. Lists, books – how can I resist? (Especially when I’m in the middle of a Book Binge.) I was already [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 19th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. Leave a commentLife As We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer is the fourth book I have read from this year’s shortlist for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award*. Despite the fact that Susan Pfeffer is a prolific author with 75 books to her name, this was my first introduction to her work. I was impressed – in [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 18th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Books. Leave a commentWhen I read the synopsis for Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine I was reminded of a real life story, a tale of an urn of ashes that spent nine years sitting on a shelf in a London Underground lost property office before some serious detective work found the family of the person in [...] |
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