Welcome to my third bookish Friday. Have I mentioned how much fun I'm having with Fridays now? It's not much of a stretch to assume that most people who are writing books are somewhat bookish themselves. But I don't think it's always true. I heard an interview with Katherine Neville
Eleanor Catton's The Rehearsal (2008) McClelland & Stewart, 2010 I felt like a teenager when I started reading this novel. I'd switched purses seasonally and forgot to transfer my housekeys, so I ended up sitting on the front porch for a few hours waiting for Mr. BIP to come home.
When is a Challenge too challenging? Conversely, when is it not challenging at all? What’s your happiest Challenge memory? Your biggest disappointment? I’ve just finished two reading Challenges, which of course has me believing that I am an invincible reader. First I finished the 100+ Books Challenge. I think the
Margaret Atwood's The Door McClelland & Stewart, 2007 Serious about helping me tone my oh-so flabby poetry muscle, Mr. BIP bought me a copy of Margaret Atwood's The Door. Yup, I'm lucky that way. For those who are wondering how the exercise regiment is going, I'm going to the poetry
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall Fourth Estate, 2009 With a Big Book like this one, everything to do with reading is More. And, so, I have resisted reading this one MORE determinedly than any of the other books on this year's Orange Prize list. This despite having heard Hilary Mantel read
