Tag Archives: Book Review

Youth by J. M. Coetzee

Posted on March 18, 2013 by TBM

J. M. Coetzee’s Youth is a semi-fictionalized autobiographical novel, published in 2002. In the novel, a young man during the 1960s, after graduating in mathematics and English, flees South Africa and settles in London. He doesn’t want to cope with the political … Continue reading →

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How To Be a Woman

Posted on March 5, 2013 by TBM

Last year when I attended the London Book Fair I had the pleasure of listening to an interview with Caitlin Moran, the author of How To Be a Woman. Before the interview started, a young woman sat down next to … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Digital by David Gaughran

Posted on May 16, 2012 by TBM

When I posted a few weeks ago about self-publishing, Caroline left a link to David Gaughran’s blog concerning a statement made by Jodi Picoult. During an interview she said that writers should not self-publish. In his post, Gaughran eloquently countered Picoult’s statement. … Continue reading →

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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann

Posted on November 30, 2011 by TBM

During the month of November, I participated in the German Literature Month event hosted by Caroline from Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy from Lizzy’s Literary Life. For this event I read Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann. Mann published this … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, 50 Year Project, Book Review, Buddenbrooks, German Literature, German Literature Month, Nobel Prize for Literature, Novels, Thomas Mann | 25 Comments

Storm Front

Posted on November 24, 2011 by TBM

Before I left Boston I signed up for a group read of Storm Front by Jim Butcher. This is the first book in the series the Dresden Files. Unfortunately, due to some problems with my move and catching a cold … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Book Review, Dresden Files, Jim Butcher, Magic, Novels, Reading Challenges, Stainless Steel Droppings, Storm Front, Wizards | 18 Comments

The Mist by Stephen King

Posted on October 17, 2011 by TBM

The first few days in our new flat in London were a tad lonely. We didn’t have furniture or most of our belongings. Of course we had many pubs to visit down the street, but we also wanted to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Book Review, Horror Novels, Maine, Novellas, R.I.P., Skeleton Crew, Stainless Steel Droppings, Stephen King, The Mist | 26 Comments

Review of Wuthering Heights

Posted on August 24, 2011 by TBM

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the 23rd novel I have completed from my 1001 list and it is the 4th novel I have read for the Gothic Reading Challenge. Emily started writing this book in 1845 and completed it … Continue reading →

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Review of Never Let Me Go

Posted on July 7, 2011 by TBM

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is the 16th book that I have completed from the 1001 list. Before reading this novel I hadn’t heard anything about it. And from the title, I thought it would be a romance novel. … Continue reading →

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