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Category Archives: Lists
Seven Bookish Virtues/Sins Tag
Looks like all my blogging friends are playing this game of tag, and it’s my turn to be IT. Ola G at Re-enchantment of the World, Lory at Emerald City Book Review, Chris at Calmgrove, and I-can’t-remember-who-else (sorry, blogger buddies, … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Favorite books, Lists, reading
Tagged Arthur Ransome, Eduardo Galeano, EF Benson, Eric Kraft, George Eliot, George Saunders, Hendrik Van Loon, Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, JRR Tolkien, Marcel Proust, Mary Norton, Mikhail Bulgakov, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Roland Huntford
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The Last Ten Books Tag
This post is inspired by one from Calmgrove, who was himself inspired by one at AnnaBookBel, who borrowed the idea from someone else, and so on and so on. I’m at least 5th generation on this thing, and I hope further … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Last Ten Books, Lists
Tagged Eric Ambler, Gene Luen Yang, George Saunders, Katherine Arden
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WITCH WEEK DAY ONE: Ten Kick-Ass Heroines
We’re excited to have this guest post from Marlyn Beebe, a west-coast (USA) librarian with Canadian roots. We thought a librarian would know of some fantasy books that would be new to us, and she did. With her permission, we’ve … Continue reading
Best Beloved Writers – thank you for all those books…!
Originally posted on Joan Aiken:
Always a favourite of course, her first and her last. There have been a spate of ‘Top Ten’ children’s book lists lately, voted for by readers and critics, but all seem to go for…
Desert Island Books
A 2010 post from my other blog. I’ve made only one change in the list, which I’ll discuss at the end. I’m sure I’m not the only one to imagine myself being interviewed for shows like Desert Island Disks and Mad About Music. … Continue reading
Posted in Lists, reading
Tagged Arthur Ransome, JRR Tolkien, Marcel Proust, Mark Twain, Susanna Clarke, WG Sebald
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Do we really need another list of top YA books?
In a word, YES. At any rate, I always do. A character on a show I just watched referred to quiz fans and list makers as “compulsive neurotics”. I’ll accept that, if it means I don’t have to feel guilty … Continue reading
