After several days of a headachy flu bug and phlegm and not being able to concentrate on any taxing reading, I was well enough earlier this week to get back on course with The Name of the Rose and am now into the final third of the book. I’ve now almost completely lost my voice, Read More
Tag: Readalongs
Name of the Rose Readalong
Last November I told you of my plans to re-read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, and some of you said you might join in… Well I’m ready! I shall be reading my Folio Society edition, which is the original translation by William Weaver, but with some glorious extra artwork by Neil Packer Read More
The Best Bookpost…
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster Just had to share this one with you, because a new book by Paul Auster is a cause for much excitement for me, it’s the first for seven years. 4 3 2 1, which weighs in a 1.25kg and has 880 pages, will be published at the Read More
“Lymond is back.”
These are the first words of the first book, The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett’s in her series, The Lymond Chronicles. I’ve not read any of Dunnett’s novels, and back at the end of August I mused on whether I should get stuck into her books. The response was tremendous and very encouraging – Read More
