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AngloAddict
http://angloaddict.blogspot.com
An Anglophile's guide to the most recent books, audio books and DVDs that I've discovered! Also the occasional general rant.
- Added on: Jun 27th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Lisa
- Listed in: Personal Books
- Tags: books sweepstakes London anglophile audio books dvds
Recent Posts
Brouhaha in the Belfry
Bouncer the dog and Maurice the cat are back again trying to keep their master, the Rev. F.O. Oughterard, out of trouble in Suzette A. Hill's book Bones in the Belfry, the second in the series featuring the characters. In the previous book, A Load o...
Keep that leg cold
Don't you just hate it when you are out in the woods on a "team building exercise" and you inadvertently step in a bear trap? That will surely ruin your day. Bear traps are just one hazard that the employees of Palisade Defense encounter in the Bri...
I have tasted many a heart
Jane Austen is in the news once again with new theories about the cause of her death. She and Edgar Allan Poe apparently were suffering from so many diseases that it's amazing they lived as long as they did! The latest theory is that poor Jane was ...
Deja vu all over again
Inspired by the excellent Horror, Etc. podcast, I decided to investigate some new horror films. Halloween had just passed, and, as always, I felt a bit let down by the anemic horror offerings on cable TV. I mean, honestly, SyFy, "31 Days of Hallowe...
Finally, the cat ISN\'t the villian!
A cat, a dog and a vicar walk into the English countryside . . . no, this isn't the start of a (hopefully) bawdy joke, but rather the characters and setting of the book A Load of Old Bones by Suzette A. Hill. The Reverend Francis Oughterard feels he...
Don\'t even try to say it
I'm very partial to the Kurt Wallander books by Henning Mankell, mainly because, for some reason, they are extremely easy for me to read in Swedish. Having lived in Sweden for 3 years, I did pick up a bit of it, but quite a few authors are just beyo...
