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Blog: Graham Norton’s ‘Holding’ is coming to television from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Graham Norton’s ‘Holding’ is coming to television appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Yidaki from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Yidaki appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: 83. Alone from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoAlone. Megan E. Freeman. 2021. [January] 404 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: This is my reality.Premise/plot: Maddie thought her idea was brilliant: […]
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Blog: Martin Amis: ‘Style isn’t something you apply later’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoThe novelist on making Philip Larkin his fictional father, why writing has become a battle, and his new work about race in the USMartin Amis, 71, is the author of […]
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Blog: Pat Barker on The Silence of the Girls: ‘The Iliad is myth – the rules for writing historical fiction don’t apply’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoThe Booker-winning novelist knew when she read the Iliad that she would write about Briseis one dayIn The Human Stain Philip Roth describes the Iliad as the source […]
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Blog: The timeless allure of King Arthur’s Gawain: ‘He feels like the first modern protagonist’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoMost recently portrayed by Dev Patel in The Green Knight, Gawain is Arthurian legend’s most complex character. Director David Lowery and others talk about how t […]
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Blog: Monument Maker by David Keenan review – an experimental compendium from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoScience fiction, theology, puzzles and a whole lot of sex … this mammoth novel is one extended stylish flourish that threatens to lose the plotOf the ambition, i […]
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Blog: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner review – a self-deprecating and honest memoir from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoGrief, anxiety and the many flavours of instant noodles suffuse this story of loss, growth and mother-daughter love“Where do you go after you witness death?” Mic […]
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Blog: I Read Books: Felaheen from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 9 months agoFelaheen Jon Courtney Grimwood’s Arabesk Trilogy comes to its conclusion. Raf, having spent two books in El Iskandryia, the alternate future Free City of A […]
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Blog: Brendan Fraser joins ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Scorsese adaptation from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Brendan Fraser joins ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Scorsese adaptation appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Truculent from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Truculent appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: 82. That Thing About Bollywood from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThat Thing About Bollywood. Supriya Kelkar. 2021. [May] 352 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: You know how in Bollywood movies, people sing and dance on […]
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Blog: This month’s best paperbacks: preppers, Hari Kunzru, a history of celebrity and more from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoHere are some of the best paperbacks out in August, including outstanding short stories, uplifting true tales, and a guide to becoming an expert Continue reading…
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Blog: The UK riots, 10 years on: ‘Young people were watching their futures disappear before their eyes’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoWhen the 2011 riots broke out, they were widely dismissed as plain criminality. A new work by film-maker Baff Akoto tells a different story – and shows how the c […]
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Blog: Damon Galgut: ‘After reading Roald Dahl, the world never looked the same’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoThe Booker-longlisted author on the dazzling wordplay of Nabokov, feeling bemused by Haruki Murakami and struggling to finish DickensThe book I am currently […]
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Blog: Smart from
Beans in Dungeons in the group Beans in Dungeons 3 years, 9 months agoBattle plans. Things that last about as long as it takes for the first player to start swinging their weapon.
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Akashdeep Sharma became a registered member 3 years, 9 months ago
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Blog: Listen to Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ on Wax Cylinder from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Listen to Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ on Wax Cylinder appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Zephyr from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Zephyr appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Iraqi tablet depicting story of Gilgamesh seized from Hobby Lobby from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Iraqi tablet depicting story of Gilgamesh seized from Hobby Lobby appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Initiative maths from
Beans in Dungeons in the group Beans in Dungeons 3 years, 9 months agoJoke explainer: In JavaScript, the “+” joins two strings into one. 04 would be taken as a two-character string and so you would get “1104” rather than the 15 you […]
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Blog: Paul by Daisy Lafarge review – a beautifully observed debut from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 9 months agoA young female graduate is blind to the grim truth about the older man she falls for when she takes a job on his farm in the PyreneesContrary to its title’s i […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: The Love Song Of M. Religiosa by Nibedita Sen from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 9 months agoThe Love Song Of M Religiosa by Nibedita Sen in Kaleidotrope A Mantis is kept in a laboratory. He yearns for She, another mantis in another tank. He is keen to […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Endoglossic from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Endoglossic appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: 81. Da Vinci's Cat from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 9 months agoDa Vinci’s Cat. Catherine Gilbert Murdock. 2021. [May] 278 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: Federico leaped to his feet, reaching for his knife though he […]
