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Bianca's Book Blog
http://biancasbookblog.blogspot.com
The alliterative fun continues with Bianca's Book Blog, sister blog to Bianca's Beauty Blog. Here an Oxford graduate reviews books old and new, from Andrew Marr & Arthur Waley to William Shakespeare & Vikram Seth.
- Added on: Apr 1st, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Bookish Bits & Bobs: Lost in Translation
In September 2008, I emigrated to France, with the idea of remaining here permanently. And here I remain, and here I am happy (for now, but with the hope of that never changing). I was in the fortunate position of already having a fair grasp of the l...
update November 2009
# of books read in November: 6Cumulative total: 561. You Are Here (Bremner, Bird and Fortune)2. Le Dossier: How To Survive The English (Sarah Long)3. Du phonographe au MP3 (Ludovic Tournès)4. Where Angels Fear To Tread (E. M. Forster)5. Born on a Bl...
Hotel du Lac (Anita Brookner)
--The blurb--"Edith Hope (a.k.a. romance author Veronica Wilde) has been banished by her friends to a stately hotel in Switzerland. During her stay she befriends some of the other guests, each of whom has his or her own tale. Edith struggles to come ...
Bonfire of the Brands: How I Learned to Live Without Labels (Neil Boorman)
--The blurb--"What do you do when you wake up and realise that your life has been an empty pursuit of the superficial and the trend-driven? That your identity and value systems are based upon a brand hierarchy of your own creation? On 17th September ...
The Kabul Beauty School (Deborah Rodriguez)
--The blurb--"Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–see...
update October 2009
# of books read in September: 6Cumulative total: 50 (target met! yay!)1. You Are Here (Bremner, Bird and Fortune)2. Le Dossier: How To Survive The English (Sarah Long)3. Du phonographe au MP3 (Ludovic Tournès)4. Where Angels Fear To Tread (E. M. For...
