Striking cover, no? Alice Sebold's novel was longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2003, the year that Valerie Martin's Property won the prize. A friend of mine was so excited about The Lovely Bones, that she bought it as soon as it was available in paperback, and I've
Anna Gavalda Je l'aimais Editions J'ai lu, 2002 Here's the list of words that I kept on a sticky-note in the front of this book because I'd looked them up in the dictionary more than once: ivre (drunk), nuque (nape of the neck), étouffer (to smother), frissoner (to shudder), placard (cupboard),
It was a bitterly cold, blustery day in January 2003. I started reading the book at my desk, which was under the eaves next to a small window. There was a small space heater humming near my feet because the walls up there were cold to the touch, and the
John Baxter's Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict Random House (UK), 2002 Welcome to another bookish Friday. I chose John Baxter's work for two reasons: first, it was a gift from a bookish friend some years ago and I wanted to take some proper time with it because
Click the beautiful image for the Challenge Site Hiromi Goto's The Water of Possibility Coteau Books, 2002 A few weeks ago, I re-read Janet Lunn's 1981 children's novel The Root Cellar. In her novel, the root cellar is a portal to another time and Rose's travels through it
