So I've been contemplating what, if any, book challenges to set myself for 2012. I love to read but I find that I easily fall into a rut with the same old same old if I don't have some sort of challenge to meet. This year I want to make more effort on hitting books … Continue reading 2012 Book Challenges
Month: December 2011
Timbuktu – Paul Auster
A little while ago I read my first Paul Auster. You may recall that it didn't really hit the spot. So I began Timbuktu with more than slight trepidation. This is a story about a dog. Mr Bones is the long time companion to sometime writer, sometime tramp, Willy G.Christmas. Considering the deuteragonist's name it's … Continue reading Timbuktu – Paul Auster
The Kitchen God’s Wife – Amy Tan
Amy Tan is well known for the themes of mother-daughter relationships and Chinese-American identity. In The Kitchen God's Wife these themes are certainly present, especially the idea of dealing with the divide between the expectations in life for a woman in pre-WWII China and post-War America. The mother-daughter duo in this story are Winnie Louie … Continue reading The Kitchen God’s Wife – Amy Tan
Guilt Trip
Is it possible for your possessions to give you a guilt trip? Worse still, is it possible that your books are capable of giving you one of those nasty sideways glances that manage to say, You've been ignoring us. You've been seeing other books. You are neglecting me for cheap thrills at the library. If … Continue reading Guilt Trip
Free and Cheap Fun – Oh Waily style
So here we are, settled more or less, into our new abode. It's been a bit hectic so I have only managed to write the one post, but that shouldn't come as much surprise to those who have moved house more than once in their lives. There are still things left to finish up and … Continue reading Free and Cheap Fun – Oh Waily style
