Ever find there are the books that take you try after try before you can get past the first page, until suddenly you become enveloped into the story? A majority of my favourite books have been slow starters; Persuasion, Parade’s End, Game of Thrones… They all begin with a hefty set-up before finally something brilliant […]
Literary Life: February in Review
Happy World Book Day! Are you doing anything fun in celebration? Stephanie has created a World Book Day tag for you to have fun with (she’ll also be dressing up, which I think is particularly cool.) Personally, I have no plans other than to read – maybe I will even go so far as finish a book. Ooh […]
Poetry: The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock By T.S. Eliot
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent […]
Review: Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
Continuing with my fascination with the Mitford sisters I have bought and consumed Hons and Rebels. I am not sure why I like them so much, considering their acerbic personalities and questionable political beliefs. The Mitfords are understandable creatures; not always people you would sympathise with, but oft ones you wish could have had a […]
GuestBlogging: Open for submissions
Interested in guest posting? Have a bookish topic you would love to share? Excellent, ofBooks needs you! I am going to open up a slot once a month for anyone – ish – to share their thoughts on a literary genre, author, book, miscellaneous topic etc… Ideally, these will be posts that have an intellectual […]
Book Buying Ban & Daunt Book Festival
Image from Kladcat This post is dedicated to the amount of books I have bought recently, and my relationship with the less than ethical Amazon. Between November 2013 and now I have bought seventy-one books, more than I purchased in the ten months prior. I blame employment, having money to purchase frivolously is a dangerous thing. […]
