Tag Archives: Female Author

Thoughts: The Transit of Venus, by Shirley Hazzard

Posted on 14 September 2022 by Dove

Uh looks like I entirely forgot to post this after I wrote it? Here you go! Last book I started before giving birth, first book I finished afterwards. I read a couple of chapters to baby, in the hope that … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Bradley

Posted on 10 September 2022 by Dove

Warning before we start – there’ll be mentions of real life crimes in this one, involving children. Some explanations are in order. I know we’re all meant to be living in a Death of the Author world but some things … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: Grey is the Colour of Hope, by Irina Ratushinskaya, translated by Alonya Kojevnikov (with poems translated by David McDuff, Richard McKane and Helen Szamuely)

Posted on 12 August 2022 by Dove

Grey is the Colour of Hope is Irina Ratushinskaya’s prison memoir, written in 1987 after her release from the Small Zone in the Barashevo camp, but before the dissolution of the USSR. This gives it both a very particular angle … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: Der Hundertjährige, der zurückkam, um die Welt zu retten, by Jonas Jonasson, translated by Wibke Kuhn

Posted on 30 March 2022 by Dove

This was our latest German Skype session reading, and now we have only one more Jonas Jonasson left to read, so I guess he’d better get cracking on the typewriter before we run out! Not a huge amount new to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, German reading project, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Bookthoughts Roundup 2021!

Posted on 21 March 2022 by Dove

OK, so I spent most of last year not writing up the books I read. But I also didn’t do as much reading as usual, so I’m going to do a speedy roundup instead. Sorry! Or you’re welcome!

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: The Bride Price, by Buchi Emecheta

Posted on 16 March 2022 by Dove

I’ve read a little spread of postcolonial African literature, including some set in Nigeria, but I’ve never read anything like The Bride Price. Partly because the older ones were in French and some nuance was inevitably lost as I read … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: Falling Awake, by Alice Oswald

Posted on 15 March 2022 by Dove

This was a slightly strange reading experience, devoured from beginning to end in a hospital waiting room before an appointment I was pretty nervous about, heavily pregnant, wearing a mask for three hours and hating it. So a moment very … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: Zennor in Darkness, by Helen Dunmore

Posted on 8 March 2022 by Dove

I absolutely picked this one because of the title, because “Zennor” is a pleasing word to me. I didn’t realise it was a real place in Cornwall! I also didn’t really have any idea what the book was about. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: The Return, by Victoria Hislop

Posted on 1 March 2022 by Dove

First finished book of 2022 and the site is back up and running, so let’s get back into the habit. There’s a 2021 roundup post in the works, but I wanted to get back into regular posting while books are … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

Posted on 14 February 2021 by Dove

Honestly I could end this post at “Everything Susanna Clarke does is sublime and all her books are books I wish I’d written, and everyone is correct that Piranesi is great”. But I guess I won’t, because I love the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, thoughtpinions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment