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/2010/07/04/coming-up-next-books-for-july-2010/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/coming-up-next-books-for-july-2010/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:46:48 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=494 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/coming-up-next-books-for-july-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/journey-to-the-west-wu-chengen/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/journey-to-the-west-wu-chengen/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:37:52 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=522 Journey to the West story - and the chances are that you've encountered it too, although not necessarily going by that title.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/journey-to-the-west-wu-chengen/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/jack-the-bodiless-julian-may/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/jack-the-bodiless-julian-may/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:59:18 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=529 Saga of the Exiles and Galactic Milieu series run to quite a number of books and partly because each of those books is long in its own right. Also, the world she has created in their pages is on an operatic scale and mightily absorbing.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/jack-the-bodiless-julian-may/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/the-8020-principle-richard-koch/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/the-8020-principle-richard-koch/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:25:31 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=495 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/07/04/the-8020-principle-richard-koch/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/04/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/04/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:19:19 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=476 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/04/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/03/books-for-june/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/03/books-for-june/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:46:19 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=422 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2010/06/03/books-for-june/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2009/07/20/jungian-psychological-types-and-julian-may/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2009/07/20/jungian-psychological-types-and-julian-may/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:46:16 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=375 The Saga of the Exiles, on the recommendation of someone who had first come across them in childhood. Much more recently I became interested in Jungian psychology as one of the very few areas where science meets mysticism on terms that are not complete and utter nonsense. And there are striking parallels between the two.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2009/07/20/jungian-psychological-types-and-julian-may/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/12/06/pretty-much-the-whole-of-2008-in-one-go/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/12/06/pretty-much-the-whole-of-2008-in-one-go/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:18:41 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=323 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/12/06/pretty-much-the-whole-of-2008-in-one-go/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/what-the-papers-say/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/what-the-papers-say/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 17:53:40 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/what-the-papers-say/ New York Times books section for anyone who fancies a bit of feminist inspiration. The first reviews a book by Lisa Appignanesi about the historical collision between women and the mental health establishment. Plus, Germaine Greer on Shakespeare's wife and The Telegraph on cult books.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/what-the-papers-say/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/the-many-coloured-land-julian-may/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/the-many-coloured-land-julian-may/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:25 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/the-many-coloured-land-julian-may/ Modesty Blaise novels. Feeling daunted by the sheer scale of Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin saga, and yet wanting something with a bit of staying power, this eight (or sometimes nine) volume science fiction epic seemed like an excellent choice - and so it has proved.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/05/05/the-many-coloured-land-julian-may/feed/ 0