http://www.myweeklybook.net The challenge: to read 52 books in one calendar year Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:46:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/10/26/ithe-murder-roomi-pd-james/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/10/26/ithe-murder-roomi-pd-james/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:20:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/10/26/ithe-murder-roomi-pd-james/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/10/26/ithe-murder-roomi-pd-james/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/06/the-lovely-bones-alice-sebold/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/06/the-lovely-bones-alice-sebold/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:20:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/06/bthe-lovely-bonesb-alice-sebold/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/06/the-lovely-bones-alice-sebold/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/is-your-name-richard-parker/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/is-your-name-richard-parker/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2004 19:50:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/is-your-name-richard-parker/ The da Vinci code, that the whole world seems to be talking about, and you start to wonder what you can possibly add to the cacophony. However, I was told that I should read this book and, having read it, I would be very glad that I had. I did and I was.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/is-your-name-richard-parker/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/digital-fortress-by-dan-brown/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/digital-fortress-by-dan-brown/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:00:05 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/digital-fortress-by-dan-brown/ The da Vinci Code, although he is understood to be working on the literal follow-up right now. It has far more in common with his first book, Deception Point in that it is a tense, political thriller dealing with elements of the American intelligence and security communities.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/09/03/digital-fortress-by-dan-brown/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/angels-and-demons-and-deception-point-dan-brown/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/angels-and-demons-and-deception-point-dan-brown/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:13:55 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/angels-and-demons-and-deception-point-dan-brown/ The da Vinci code and it was rendered irresistible to me, as an earlier post will show, by pushing all the right buttons. Conspiracies, Renaissance art, esoterica, revisionist feminist spirituality, if such a thing exists - I felt this man had thought: "Now what will Astrofiammante want to read" before sitting down to write it.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/angels-and-demons-and-deception-point-dan-brown/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/down-under-bill-bryson/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/down-under-bill-bryson/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:11:53 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/down-under-bill-bryson/ Down Under, the only other Bryson book I had never read, going cheap in a charity shop. Bryson truly is one of my favourite authors - I believe he speaks to me personally, we share a sense of humour and of the ridiculous, and of course the man is a journalist.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/down-under-bill-bryson/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/latest-reading-update/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/latest-reading-update/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:25:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/latest-reading-update/ Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn, House on the Strand and My Cousin Rachel) plus the best of the short stories (The Birds and other stories). I hope the publishing of those terribly attractive new Virago editions brings here the status and reputation she so evidently deserves, rather than leaving her consigned in perpetuity to the Catherine Cookson saga shelf.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/08/15/latest-reading-update/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/31/the-code-cracked/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/31/the-code-cracked/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:12:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/31/the-code-cracked/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/31/the-code-cracked/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/the-full-cupboard-of-life-by-alexander-mccall-smith/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/the-full-cupboard-of-life-by-alexander-mccall-smith/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:20:09 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/the-full-cupboard-of-life-by-alexander-mccall-smith/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/the-full-cupboard-of-life-by-alexander-mccall-smith/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/starting-to-climb-the-mountain/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/starting-to-climb-the-mountain/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:16:00 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/starting-to-climb-the-mountain/ The Salmon of Doubt a few months ago, and was bowled over, which was one of the reasons I was unable to resist this biography when it leapt off the shelf of the Charing Cross Road Waterstones and into my already overcrowded arms. However, now having read both, it's a bit disappointing to once again find myself in strong disagreement with the majority of reviewers on both volumes.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2004/07/23/starting-to-climb-the-mountain/feed/ 0