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Best Books of 2012

20 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Witchcraft

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A Year in Books, Adam Braver, Christine Middleton, Dark Places, Elif Shafak, Ferragamo, Gil Adamson, Gillian Flynn, Honour, Kate Grenville, Lancashire Witches, Livi Michael, Malkin Child, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan, Misfit, Pendle Witches, Sarah Thornhill, Sofka Zinovieff, Stefania Ricci, The House on Paradise Street, The Outlander, The Witch & Her Soul

My ten favourite reads of 2012, including new fiction; books commemorating the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials; and some previously published books that I’ve just caught up with.

I had never read Kate Grenville’s work before, but Sarah Thornhill (and its predecessor, The Secret River) really evokes the stark beauty of the outback, contrasted with the tumult of the early settlers.  Continue reading →

The House on Paradise Street

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction

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Athens, For Books' Sake, Greece, Sofka Zinovieff, The House on Paradise Street

The House on Paradise Street is a wonderful new novel by Sofka Zinovieff, looking at love, politics and war in Greece, past and present, through the contrasting viewpoints of two women from the same Athenian family. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.

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