Hi pals! In an effort to make sure that I can keep up with the blog while still headed toward the impending exams, I have shifted my post schedule around a little. Hence our break from the norm and introduction of a Wednesday edition of The Weekly Reader - your source for all things literary! … Continue reading The Weekly Reader: 22/05/13
We are wonderfully lucky here in the UK to have access to a huge number of historical artefacts and, for a bibliophile like me, there are just so many opportunities to come face-to-face with British literary history. Inevitably, however, acting as a custodian of historical relics is not an easy task. Working at Knebworth House … Continue reading Literary Excursion: Championing Conservation at Wimpole Hall
With The Great Gatsby taking a bit of a hammering in the film reviews, I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to affirm my love for F. Scott Fitzgerald. Enter one of my favourite passages from literature... Have a wonderful week!
Refer back to this week's What I'm Reading Wednesday post and you will remember my simultaneous feelings of fear and excitement at the prospect of this review. I have little reluctance in stating that Strange Bodies is one of the most astonishing books of its literary generation - a fact that, when combined with its multiplicity … Continue reading Review: Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux
One literary-related habit that I have developed through this blog is a minor addiction to bookish news sites. This has, inevitably, required some deviation from my typically strict reliance on the BBC for all of my newsie needs. But the rewards have been worth it (if not only because I now understand the purpose of … Continue reading The Weekly Reader: 18/05/13
Since my previous Roald Dahl-themed Just for Fun Friday met with such a positive response, I felt it was time bring back the joy. It is no lie when I tell you that I spent much of my childhood listening to a cassette of Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts basically on a loop, to a point at … Continue reading Just for Fun Friday: Roald’s Return
For the perceptive among you, I am sure you have noticed a slight discrepancy between my What I'm Reading Wednesday lists, and the latest batch of reviews. Much of this has to do with my exam-induced reduction of 'reading for happiness' hours, making two reviews of new-to-me reads per week super ambitious. However, it was … Continue reading Review: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Happy Wednesday chaps! Officially halfway through the week and already halfway through May. Having finally made it to some semblance of summer weather in London, we have suddenly regressed. A fact not helped by having a brother in Florida and parents in Missouri, both locations currently experiencing 30 degree weather (Celsius, that is). The oppressive … Continue reading What I’m Reading Wednesday: 15/05/13
For those of you who are frequenters of The Book Habit, my odd references to a life outside of literature may come as something of a surprise. Reading is, amazingly, only a part-time gig for me. Most of my week is in fact spent finishing up an MSc Human Rights at the LSE and getting … Continue reading The Right to Write: Censorship and Literature
Hello lovelies! I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. I've been sadly trading in fiction for textbooks and literary excursions for self-imposed study isolation - but, never fear, you do not get rid of me that easily. Ordinary service will continue (relatively) uninterrupted. As such, here is another Monday Musing for your enjoyment, brought … Continue reading Monday Musing: 13/05/13
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