http://www.myweeklybook.net The challenge: to read 52 books between January 1 2007 and January 1 2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 17:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en 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 site admin 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/ 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 site admin 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/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/21/modesty-blaise-the-puppet-master-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-and-romero/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/21/modesty-blaise-the-puppet-master-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-and-romero/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:11:26 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/21/modesty-blaise-the-puppet-master-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-and-romero/ The Puppet-Master of the title, With Love from Rufus and The Bluebeard Affair. It's fair to say that this is one of the lighter-hearted collections.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/21/modesty-blaise-the-puppet-master-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-and-romero/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:18:52 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/ Sense and Sensibility, Emma and the fragments Sanditon and The Watsons over the course of the last few months I had been promising myself a crack at this very well-received biography, published in 1997, next.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/john-constantine-hellblazer-original-sins-%e2%80%93-jamie-delano-et-al/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/john-constantine-hellblazer-original-sins-%e2%80%93-jamie-delano-et-al/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:54:56 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/john-constantine-hellblazer-original-sins-%e2%80%93-jamie-delano-et-al/ The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, I just had to give this one a try and ended up thoroughly satisfied that I had.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/john-constantine-hellblazer-original-sins-%e2%80%93-jamie-delano-et-al/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/jkr-case-opinion-piece/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/jkr-case-opinion-piece/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:29:19 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/jkr-case-opinion-piece/ The Telegraph on the JK Rowling vs Steve Vander Ark copyright case that I found reasonably sane and intelligent. It neatly sums up how easily the most worrying thing for me and a lot of other people are the implications that a judgement in Rowling's favour would have for the wider world of publishing and the intellectual arena.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/19/jkr-case-opinion-piece/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/18/dead-man%e2%80%99s-handle-%e2%80%93-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/18/dead-man%e2%80%99s-handle-%e2%80%93-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:39:19 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/18/dead-man%e2%80%99s-handle-%e2%80%93-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell/ Modesty Blaise novels that started at the end of last year, with the help of a devoted fan who was kind enough to read the whole lot out loud,this signifies the end. ]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/18/dead-man%e2%80%99s-handle-%e2%80%93-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/06/telegraphs-110-best-books/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/06/telegraphs-110-best-books/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:18:04 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/06/telegraphs-110-best-books/ The Telegraph today - another attempt to come up with a definitive list of the 100 (plus ten this time, couldn't they bring it in at a round figure?) books you should be displaying smugly to visitors, or shouldn't reach retirement age without reading, or whatever it is this time around.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/06/telegraphs-110-best-books/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/31/modesty-blaise-death-of-a-jester-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/31/modesty-blaise-death-of-a-jester-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:58:21 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/31/modesty-blaise-death-of-a-jester-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/31/modesty-blaise-death-of-a-jester-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/feed/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/30/modesty-blaise-the-warlords-of-phoenix-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/30/modesty-blaise-the-warlords-of-phoenix-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:41:14 +0000 site admin http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/30/modesty-blaise-the-warlords-of-phoenix-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/03/30/modesty-blaise-the-warlords-of-phoenix-peter-o%e2%80%99donnell-jim-holdaway-and-romero/feed/