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Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

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messina

1. I have a saying – “Gelato Messina is on the way home from everywhere.” Think you can handle 40 flavours? Knock yourself out.

2. While we’re on Gelato Messina, last night I had their special of the week – Old Gregg. It was sublime.

3. Which is the perfect segue into the Baileys Prize. If you haven’t connected the dots, watch this (and laugh). Continue reading →

I’ve got a problem and it’s called ‘Send Sample Now’

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My problem looks like this:

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Because having a free sample sent to my Kindle is not the same as buying books willy-nilly. And I might not like the book – that’s why there’s samples. You read the sample and, if you want to keep reading, buy the book. Read the sample…. Oh wait. That’s my problem. The reading the sample bit.

I’ve got to either start reading the samples or stop requesting them. And I certainly can’t buy all the books I have samples for (because that would be #ALLTHEBOOKS). So I declare 2015 the Year of the Samples. Each Saturday (let’s call it Sample Saturday), I’ll read a couple of samples and seek your advice on what I should I pursue and what I should ditch. A problem shared is a problem halved. Thanks in advance.

I’ll start tomorrow. Brace yourselves.

Bookish (And Not So Bookish) Thoughts

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best books of 2013

It’s a bunch of random thoughts. Some are about books. Others are about beds, vague-booking and same-sex marriage. Join in the fun at Bookishly Boisterous.

1. Further to my Best Books of 2013 List of Lists last week, I spotted this nifty infograph (above) on Twitter that rounds up the book titles that most critics have cited in their 2013 Best-of lists (via @Angelo85) Continue reading →

Is this love that I’m feeling? The Kindle Paperwhite

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A month ago I mentioned I was having issues with my Kindle. I couldn’t solve the problem easily and decided that reading is simply too big and too important in my life to be pissing around with devices that don’t work to my satisfaction (and yes, e-book naysayers will be chiming in with ‘Books never malfunction!’ but I won’t enter into a debate on that issue as I enjoy both e-books and paper books for different reasons).

Yesterday my new Kindle Paperwhite arrived. And the question is this (in the words of eighties legend, Alison Moyet) –

And the answer is yes, yes it is love. But let me qualify that. Continue reading →

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday – ‘Me and You’ by Niccolo Ammaniti

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First Chapter, First Paragraph Tuesday is hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea – it’s is a weekly meme where you share the first paragraph (or two) from a book you are considering reading.

I was browsing the virtual aisles for some enticing fiction for the 2013 Translation Reading Challenge when I came across Me and You by Italian author, Niccolò Ammaniti. Here’s the first paragraph – Continue reading →

Emma’s Reading List

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My friend Emma and her family are about to head off on a long road trip. They’ll be camping. When the sun goes down each night there won’t be any modern distractions (television, iPads, playing on phones). She’s bought herself a Kindle and asked me “So, what should I read?”. This is Emma’s list (in no particular order of fabulousness).

Contemporary Literature

The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg Continue reading →