torsdag 20 juli 2017

More on the subject of modern-day Austen plots

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True enough, Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld proved to be a good, reliable read that I was not tempted to give up on. This novel is part of a...
onsdag 12 juli 2017

Becoming unstuck in novel reading – again

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It seems that half the time when I blog about books, I write about the difficulty in finishing them rather than the books I actually have re...
måndag 26 juni 2017

Vinick for President

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If Doctor Who , with its whip-smart dialogue, likeable characters, engaging portrayal of different kinds of relationships (friendships, roma...
tisdag 13 juni 2017

Just what the Doctor ordered

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The good old remedy against villain pining, tried and tested during my Downton  period, thankfully still works. Pity that there's such a...
onsdag 31 maj 2017

Hercule returns, but did he need to?

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We're back to the theme of character-pinching. Sophie Hannah - an acclaimed crime writer in her own right - has to this date penned two ...
torsdag 18 maj 2017

A novel about a touching friendship. Oh, and some schoolgirls

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Even though I cheated and read the novel in Swedish - a Swedish paperback was available for borrowing - I'm still a bit chuffed that I m...
torsdag 11 maj 2017

Eurovision: Ballads, ballads everywhere, and scarcely a tune to hum

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Here we go, then. I confess I haven't really been able to fire up my usual interest in Eurovision - neither the Swedish heats nor the Eu...