I had it all planned out before I went on holiday: I was going to finish reading Redemption in Indigo for calico_reaction's Theme Park book club (this is actually the only thing that I managed to do), read The Good Muslim for Shannon's Around the World in 12 Books challenge, write both reviews and also read a few things for work... well 10 days and a food ( Read more... )

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Title: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
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Title: Trois Femmes Puissantes
Author: Marie NDiaye
Genre: Mainstream
Originally published: 2009
Publisher: Gallimard
Pages: 316

English translation: Three Strong Women
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Title: Bonjour Tristesse
Author: Françoise Sagan
Genre: French classics
Originally published: 1954
Publisher: Julliard
Pages: 162

English translation: Bonjour Tristesse
First translated: 1955

This read was for the 2011 French Female Writers Throughout the Ages reading challenge, 20th century novel.


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Happy New Year everyone!

Here at the Honeyed Knot, 2011 has not quite come to a close as I have yet to post all my reviews of the French Female Writers Throughout the Ages reading challenge. It's good that Céline granted us challengers an extension so I have got until the end of January to post three more reviews including the one below! And then I' ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't started reading Kersten Hamilton's Goblin Wars series, I would urge you to go and do so, especially now that the ebook version of Tyger, Tyger, the first book in the series, is currently on sale for only $2.99. If you need a quick reminder, here are my reviews of Book 1 Tyger, Tyger, and Book 2 In the Forests of the ( Read more... )

This read was for the 2011 French Female Writers Throughout the Ages reading challenge, 18th century novel.

Here is the second review of the five books I'm reading for the French Women Writers Throughout the Ages challenge organized by Céline at Le Blog Bleu. See below for links to my other reviews for this challenge.


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My only reading challenge for this year is the French Female Writers Throughout the Ages. I guess it says a lot about what's been going on this year in RL that I've only started reading the first of the five books of this 2011 challenge in October...


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So yes, I'm still alive though barely... I've been reading loads but reviewing very little and almost let this blog die... In fact, all of my online activities have taken a coup recently and it's not just because of work! In fact, it has nothing to do with work and everything to do with LIFE and how it can immensely suck sometimes.

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