Autuccino’s Bookish Observations – The Greenhouse by Audur Ava Olafsdottir
I nearly gave up believing that I’d find a book as enjoyable as a cozy mystery. And then I started reading “The Greenhouse“. My reading of this book began badly because I listened to the first chapter via an audiobook at a time when I was constantly distracting myself with trawling LitBogger RSS Feeds for [...]
Treasure received – The Invisible Thread – Edited by Irma Gold
The Invisible Thread by Irma Gold This book just arrived in the post today. I’ve browsed through the contents of this anthology and it is full of treasures. The blurb invites me to: “Follow the interwoven threads through this remarkable and revealing journey of Australian storytelling. With its mix of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, The [...]
What I discovered while reading through Peter Boxall’s “1001 books you must read before you die”
While reading Peter Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, I’ve discovered it’s not just a list of books. It is also the source of some self discovery helping me understand what I don’t want to know about and what I do, a very enlightening realisation. I’m realising how narrow the boundaries of [...]
Don Quixote Reading Challenge 2013
An invitation to read-a-long with me There’s a classic novel waiting for me to get past the first 50 pages. It’s Miguel de Cervantes’ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Edith Grossman’s translation). I bought the book a long time ago, it was the size of a large brick, impossible to carry around. At [...]
Artuccino’s Bookish Observations – Maisie Dobbs by Jaqueline Winspear
Title: Maisie Dobbs – (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries Book 01) by Jacqueline Winspear Purchased from Amazon.com Format eBook for Kindle ISBN 1569473307 Published July 1 2003 Publisher Soho Press The book, Maisie Dobbs, was suggested by a litblogger, Alyce of “At Home With Books” and her suggestion proved to be an excellent recommendation. The author, Jacqueline [...]
It’s Monday! What are you reading
It’s Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly event hosted by Lit Blogger Book Journey After reading, I’m satisfied if I feel I’ve been somewhere and done something. Source of Quote: Lit Blogger A Work In Progress I thought it would be important to let you know, my preference for reading matter is a [...]
Stop all the clocks – a poem by W H Auden
One day, while trawling through my LitBlogger RSS feeds I found W H Auden’s poem on BlookLust’s Blog. The first time I heard this poem was in a movie, Three Weddings and a Funeral. I found the words so very profound, it makes me want to stand in silence as a mark of respect of [...]
My best tweets of the week
Most days I can be found trawling through Lit Bloggers‘ RSS feeds and on Twitter (@CynthiaBlue44) gleaning precious bits and pieces from their conveyor-belt of conversation. Listed below are my ten best tweets of the week. You’ll find some interesting reading. Enjoy! This may be a good read, here’s Gaskella Litblog’s view: The Universe versus [...]
Phillip Parker King 1791-1856 A Most Admirable Australian by Brian Douglas Abbott
As part of Artuccino’s Australian colonial history reading challenge for 2013, I will be reading Brian Abbott’s wonderful book “Phillip Parker King 1791-1856, A Most Admirable Australian“. It’s a very large book both in content and in physical size. The book tells the story of the life of Phillip Parker King who was inextricably linked [...]
The Australian Colonial History Reading Challenge 2013
As part of Artuccino’s contribution to the LitBloggers’ community, we’ve decided to host a reading challenge in 2013. It’s easy to join in with this challenge. In 2013 read one book of non-fiction and one book of fiction related to Australian Colonial History covering the period between Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia in 1770 to [...]
