Tag Archives: 2017 book reviews

German reading project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 1

Posted on 5 February 2017 by Dove

Because I want to go for German citizenship to retain my European Union citizenship, and because I want to do that while the UK is still an EU member so I can have dual citizenship (guess what, people who think … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughan

Posted on 4 February 2017 by Dove

Oh, you thought I only read fancy books? The Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughan first crossed my path last year, when Spuggy, best of husbands, bought me the second in the series (Kitty Goes to Washington) for Christmas, after … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Book of Longing, by Leonard Cohen

Posted on 1 February 2017 by Dove

And with this, poetry season is finally over. I find reading poetry as mentally tiring as reading in a foreign language, but I’m not sure if it’s just because I’m so comfortable reading English language prose that the difference jumps … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Collected Poems by Lee Harwood

Posted on 29 January 2017 by Dove

A buzz from my phone woke me in the middle of the night and Guardian alerts nowadays are like little Gandalfs foretelling disaster, but it was the news that the US trying to deport people based on kneejerk racism has … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Lamentation by C.J. Sansom

Posted on 25 January 2017 by Dove

So, this technically wasn’t the next book on my list. The next book on my list was another volume of poetry, and this time a HUGE one. So I thought I’d treat myself to some lovely prose instead. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Collected Poems by PJ Kavanagh

Posted on 15 January 2017 by Dove

Every time I read poetry I say this, but I still feel the need to repeat it. Poetry is not really my medium, and I’m never sure if I’m reading it right. One at a time or one after the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Learning to Drive, and other life stories, by Katha Pollitt

Posted on 12 January 2017 by Dove

I really wasn’t expecting this one to be anything special. I put it on the list because we got the film at Sneak sometime in 2015 (arghhh so behind) but I knew it was based on a short piece and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The China Coin by Allan Baillie

Posted on 8 January 2017 by Dove

You know how some books just stick in your head, even if you haven’t read them? The China Coin was one of those for me. I don’t know how old I was, but it was at one of our school’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

Posted on 6 January 2017 by Dove

It’s that time of the year, with a fresh Christmas haul and before work starts again for the year, where if you’re not looking directly at me, I’m hibernating somewhere with a book. This one is going to be a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen

Posted on 5 January 2017 by Dove

New year, new attempts to hit those old resolutions! Namely, to record my thoughts about the books I read. I tried throwing out my thoughts on Twitter, and while at first I quite enjoyed tearing 140-character pieces off my thoughts … Continue reading →

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