Some seasonal silliness.
The lyrics ain’t too bad, pity about the singing…
Gifting Jane Austen
I will be giving at least one Austen novel this year. To people who’ve never read any Jane Austen.
Guest post by Janine Barchas
Today puts another candle on the birthday cake of novelist Jane Austen, born 16 December 1775. Conveniently, Austen’s birthday coincides with the December gift-giving season. If you are thinking about making a holiday present of a Jane Austen novel to that budding (or confirmed) Janeite in your circle, you are spoiled for choice. In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of the original publication of Pride and Prejudice, this calendar year has witnessed a mushrooming of both new and newly repackaged Austen editions in a wide range of binding styles and price points.
In your choice of edition and inscription you may, however, want to reflect upon the long-standing history of the Jane Austen “gift book.” Whereas this year Jane Austen novels in both hardcover and paperback formats have been aggressively prettified in the stalwart fight against the e-book, these same stories have long…
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Review: ‘What should we tell our daughters? The pleasures and pressures of growing up female’ by Melissa Benn
John Murray (Publishers)
2013
It’s possible I was bawling just a little when I finished this book.
The Santa Issue- Part I
I thought this article was interesting and a good complement to the book review I posted yesterday.
Enjoy.
Review: Bad Santas and other creepy Christmas characters, by Paul Hawkins
My Midwinter reading
I saw a tweet from Simon and Schuster yesterday afternoon asking for reviewers. The book in question is ‘Bad Santas’ by Paul Hawkins. It arrived this afternoon.
Christmas cards: why I don’t bother.
Or; my first ‘Bah! Humbug!’ of the season.
Strictly speaking the title is a lie; if you are a friend who doesn’t live nearby I might send a card. But family and close-by friends? Nope, not happening.
And my next review will be
‘The Bride’ by Kacie Taylor. Ms Taylor contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing her take on the ‘beauty and the beast’ fairy tale. Of course I love to read new authors and I was intrigued by the premise so I said yes. So far I’m enjoying the story. I will post a review once I’ve finished the novel.
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Review: ‘Slavery’s Exiles; The story of the American Maroons’ by Sylviane A Diouf
New York University Press
11th February 2014
Written by a scholar of the African diaspora, Slavery’s Exiles discusses the existence or otherwise of marronage among North American slaves. The maroons of Jamaica and Suriname have been extensively studied while evidence for maroons in the US (and the North American colonies before the War of Independence) is limited. This book looks at the evidence provided not only by former slaves interviewed in the early twentieth century, but at newspaper reports, court reports and legislation from the seventeenth century onwards.
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Daily Prompt // 15 minutes // What could I say
It’s been a whole week since I posted anything; I’ve been busy catching up with all the things I put on hold in November. I’m almost caught up on my crafts and I have a few books to review.
I thought, since I enjoyed writing for last week’s prompt, I’d have a bash at this week’s. The theme/prompt was 15 minutes to address the world.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/fifteen-minutes/
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Everything Is Better With Dragons 