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The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Not Dressed Like That, You Don’t!’ by Yvonne Coppard

01/09/2020 nsford Leave a comment

The funny thing is, as soon as the random generator threw up this teen book that I read back in…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, reading, YA fiction, Yvonne Coppard

A paperback, an e-book and an audiobook walk into a bar

26/08/2020 nsford 24 Comments

Audiobook: I’ll get the first round. What’ll it be, guys? Paperback: Large glass of white wine, please. E-book: Vodka and…

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Posted in: Reading, Writing Filed under: reading, trends, writing

5 classic books which should be adapted for the screen

15/08/2020 nsford 19 Comments

I’m tired of yet more film and TV adaptations of the usual suspects, such as Little Women, Emma, A Christmas…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Charlotte Brontë, Frances Burney, H G Wells, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Ethan Frome’ by Edith Wharton

01/08/2020 nsford 9 Comments

I studied this novella for a ‘Women in American Literature’ course. I ended up focusing exclusively on Edith Wharton! She…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Edith Wharton, fiction, reading

Fictional holidays from hell!

25/07/2020 nsford 19 Comments

Many people will not be having a summer holiday this year. To make you feel better about staying at home,…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, H G Wells, J R R Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, reading, Roald Dahl, Stephen King

What happened when I used a random generator to choose my re-reads

21/07/2020 nsford 13 Comments

Some time ago, I explained how I choose which book on my shelf to read next. I was only using…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, fiction, Harper Lee, J K Rowling, Jerry Spinelli, John Wyndham, Mary Shelley, Mervyn Peake, reading, Stella Gibbons

Memoirs vs. biographies

15/07/2020 nsford 18 Comments

Memoirs. Biographies. What are the differences? How do they relate to each other? In this post I take a look…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, memoir, non-fiction, reading

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Dreamweaver’ by Louise Lawrence

01/07/2020 nsford 3 Comments

I don’t remember this book at all. I read it eighteen years ago, so I think I can be forgiven.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, Louise Lawrence, reading

10 bookish turn-offs

25/06/2020 nsford 19 Comments

I try to choose books which I think I’ll enjoy reading. However, sometimes issues arise which are likely to give…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, reading

Paperback writers and neverending stories: books in songs!

05/06/2020 nsford 9 Comments

Here’s a fun post for you, which I thought of while walking home through heavy rain one afternoon during lockdown.…

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Posted in: Music, Reading Filed under: books, Disney, George Orwell, H G Wells, Ian Dury, Jefferson Airplane, Kate Bush, music, Queen, Radiohead, reading, Semisonic, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Moore, The Beatles

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