Review of Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Corelli's Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history.  The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his sarcophagus to cure the mad.  Then the tide... Continue Reading →

WWW Wednesday (25)

Today I’m participating in WWW Wednesdays hosted by Sam of Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are… What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading Almost finished the Westerly Billionaire series with this Book 4 of the 5. Sage Revere follows her instincts,... Continue Reading →

Read and TBR for July and August

Another new month is here. Work-wise, I'll be a bit busier over the next six weeks as we get ready for and settle into a new academic year. The kids will be back to school soon and lazy-ish mornings will once again be relegated to Sundays only. Such is life sometimes. I've been missing my... Continue Reading →

Read and TBR for March and April

A whole quarter of 2019 is finished. One more full month of teaching for me and then it's time for a little break! I'll still be working in May and June but at least I'll have some extra time to focus on other projects too. March was, oddly enough, a more successful reading month than... Continue Reading →

Getting on with some classics

List Challenges cited this list as the BBC's top 100 books that everyone should read in their lifetime.  Goodreads Listopia explains that it's not quite a BBC list but rather a list based on BBC's Big Read which was a search for the UK's best-loved novels. I took a look at both lists and was surprised... Continue Reading →

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