Tag Archives: Female Author

Thoughts: Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 22 February 2017 by Dove

Wow, I am still behind in these. Don’t worry though, because some time relatively soon I’m going to hit Ken Follett’s World Without End and then I’ll have plenty of time to catch up. I’ve seen that book. You could … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 3

Posted on 18 February 2017 by Dove

It looks like I’m getting through these fast but actually I’m just ploughing through because I owed like three chapters after getting back from Amsterdam… Favourite word: Der Spotttölpel: Mockingjay. Bonus trivia! OK, this isn’t a real word, but whatever! … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling

Posted on 16 February 2017 by Dove

And now for something completely different! This was not on my list – I nicked it from my sister while we were in Amsterdam because I didn’t want to finish the book I was reading too quickly (failure, but oh … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 2

Posted on 15 February 2017 by Dove

(Translated by Sylke Hachmeister and Peter Klöss.) I’m going to try really hard not to make every one of these into little political rants, OK? Unfortunately, the German language is tied up in politics for me right now. Let me … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Posted on 13 February 2017 by Dove

Just settled back in at home after a lovely long weekend in Amsterdam with my mam and sister, and I’ve brought back a bit of a backlog with me… I forgot how lovely it is to just read, without always … Continue reading →

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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: 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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