December 09, 2004
Heartsong
Heartsong James Welch For the first time in ages, I chose this book just coz I happened to see its pretty cover on the shelf! Then, reading that James Welch was respected from writing “in the Native American tradition”, I...Read this update
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October 20, 2004
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser, Allen Lane, 2001 Oh, its all very disturbing - fries that have a higher beef fat content than hamburgers, the high mortality of fast food restaurant workers, multiple injuries in met processing planes, union blocking,...Read this update
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Oryz and Crake - frightening
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, Bloomsbury, 2003 Maybe I’m easily scared, but Oryx and Crake terrified me. It wasn’t the alarming vision of a genetically engineered future or the stratified society so much as the aching loneliness that permeates the...Read this update
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October 08, 2004
the queen's fool
The Queen’s Fool Philippa Gregory, HarperCollins 2003 The are two possibilities – either life in Tudor England revolved around royal espionage and the rights of women, or Philippa Gregory is somewhat hung up of these two facets. If I am...Read this update
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September 29, 2004
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
Portuguese Irregular Verbs - A Professor Dr von Iglefeld Entertainment Alexander McCall Smith, Polygon, 2003 Welcome to the charming adventures of the inimitable Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Ingelfeld. As a professor of philology, you might not expect the eccentric professor...Read this update
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September 23, 2004
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory, 2001 HarperCollins Anne Boleyn is a well known figure to anyone who was forced to study the Tudors at GCSE. We all know that she seduced Henry VIII, had 6 fingers and was beheaded...Read this update
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September 22, 2004
Adventures in a TV Nation
Adventures in a TV Nation Michael Moore and Kathleen Glynn. HaperCollins 1998 I only discovered TV Nation at the end of its run on BBC2, and for reasons unknown, there don’t seem to have been any reruns. So it was...Read this update
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September 17, 2004
What I loved
What I loved Siri Hustvedt, Sceptre 2003 At first this book didn’t really grab me. The story of Leo, an art historian living in New York, and his relationships with his family and friends, wasn’t entirely boring, but it wasn’t...Read this update
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September 01, 2004
Northanger Abbey - more ghosts than petticoats
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen, 1818 Northanger Abbey, a satire of the gothic novel, has been to me, one of the most enjoyable of Jane Austen’s novels. It tells of “our heroine”, Catherine Morland and her trip away from her humble...Read this update
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August 17, 2004
Dune - sci fi is boring
Dune Frank Herbert, 1965 Reading Dune has really reminded me why I don’t like science fiction. It ought not to be the case, I love John Wyndham and Isaac Asimov, but they contribute so much more to a book than...Read this update
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August 06, 2004
John Muir
The Wilderness World of John Muir, a selection from his collected work. Edwin Way Teale, First Mariner 2001 I can sometimes find chapters of detailed description of a scene, even a beautifully penned scene, somewhat dull after a while, and...Read this update
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July 28, 2004
Shadowmancer - overcome by the spirit!
Shadowmancer G.P. Taylor, Faber and Faber 2003 Shadowmancer tells the story of two children thrown into a struggle between the evil sorcerer-cum-vicar Demurral and their new friend, Raphah, sent to recover a holy statue which gives Demurral the power to...Read this update
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