Don't judge a book by its cover has got to be one of the most overused truisms, and yet when you think about it literally (in terms of books) everyone knows it's a huge misnomer (love that word.) There are, perhaps, three ways you (willingly) pick up a book in a bookstore: you were looking for it (word of mouth, review); you're interested in the ( Read more... )

Alexander McCall Smith not only writes wonderfully evokative and beautiful stories, but he has some of the greatest titles known to fiction:

The Right Attitude to Rain

The Careful Use of Compliments

The Comfort of Saturdays

The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

Morality for Beautiful Girls

The Full Cupboard of Life

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

The Unbearable ( Read more... )

In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which were frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you. But you know you must never allow yourself to be awed, ( Read more... )

Someday this pain will be useful to you, Peter Cameron

The Amazing Adventuers of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

On the Road, Jack Kerouac

Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham

The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl

Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith

Green Hills of ( Read more... )

I found this great blog called Booking Through Thursday which posts weekly memes on (you guessed it!) Thursdays. Hopefully this will inspire me to post more!


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Arguably the three best things in life, this is Alexander McCall Smith's sequel to The Sunday Philosopher's Club. I have thoroughly enjoyed this book, which made me laugh and on more than one occasion think about the daily moral dilemmas we face, although I was slightly disappointed by the ending. I hope there is another book in store. I thought I' ( Read more... )

*A favourite quote from a poster in our yr 9 library:

The more you read, the more you know
The more you know, the smarter you grow
The smarter you grow, the louder your voice
When speaking your mind, or making a choice

*N tagged bookmarked me a while ago at my request, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

*A book that made you laugh: The Messenger, by ( Read more... )