Recent Sadness
Q: What’s the saddest book you’ve read recently? A: My most recent ‘sad’ book was probably Celine Curiol’s Voice Over. It’s a novel about a woman who makes the announcements at the train station and...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Would You Lie?
Q: Two-thirds of Brits have lied about reading books they haven’t. Have you? Why? What book? A: Ummmmm! I like this question. I’m generally pretty up front about the books I’ve read and haven’t. For...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Weeding
Q: When’s the last time you weeded out your library? Do you regularly keep it pared down to your reading essentials? Or does it blossom into something out of control the minute you turn your back, like...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – One Question
Q: If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be? I would ask Wilkie Collins about the half sisters from The Woman in White: If...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Blurb
Q: “What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back down immediately?” Off the top of my head, words or phrases that make me want to read a...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – It’s All About ME!
This weeks BTT Question is: Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)? To be honest, I’m not a big fan of factual...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Posterity
Q: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era …...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Thankful Thursday
This weeks question: It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. today, so I know at least some of you are going to be as busy with turkey and family as I will be, so this week’s question is a simple one: What …...
View ArticleUnusual Bookmarks
Q: What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used? I have become better at using book marks in the past year or so. I used to regularly …...
View ArticleBooking Through Thursday – Gifts
Barbara wants to know: What books did you get for Christmas (or whichever holiday you may have celebrated last month)? Do you usually ask for books on gift-giving occasions or do you prefer to buy them...
View Article