Yearly Archives: 2013

Nerd Girl Problem #001

Having to work and not being able to run back home and read the book someone very special has just downloaded for you (happy dance and cheering). The second most  annoying thing – though very good for my work – is that I do not have my e-reader with me, otherwise I would be at…

Seamus Heaney dies, aged 74

Personal Helicon By Seamus Heaney   for Michael Longley As a child, they could not keep me from wells And old pumps with buckets and windlasses. I loved the dark drop, the trapped sky, the smells Of waterweed, fungus and dank moss. One, in a brickyard, with a rotted board top. I savoured the rich crash…

Train roll on, on down the line

Last night just finished Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French author duet (they are husband and wife). I don’t have much time for a full review right now (supposed to be working, ain’t I?) but I will give you the synopsis and some cover variations. It was not a bad mystery, and the pace was good,…

Book signing event on a train? Yes, please!

UK train operator Virgin Trains could be starting an audience-focusing trend by hosting author signings in an altogether original environment. The train company is planning a series of high speed on-board book signings. Starting on the west coast route on 14 September with Scandi-crime author Jo Nesbø signing his new Harry Hole thriller Police, Virgin are promising…

Most stolen books

bib·lio·klept  noun \ˈbiblēəˌklept, -lēōˌ-\ : one who steals books   Have you ever wondered which books get stolen the most? Is there a pattern there or are they random? Well, good old wikipedia has an answer: Amis, Bukowski, Burroughs, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo and Jack Kerouac are among the most stolen [sic] authors. Ron Rosenbaum, an author and New…

Coffee break

My coffee in hand and a few minutes to spare, i dive deep in the world of blogs that take me places and inspire me. The first stop was A Cup of Jo which took me across to delicious  Dinner a Love Story . Jenny, who has written herself a lovely book, too, suggested the I Hate to Cook book, for…

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