A Book for Every Year…
The Books That Built The Blogger: The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
“I do something truly innovative, and who gets the prizes? Norman Mailer!” Truman Capote If I had to choose my top five favourite books of all time, two of those five would be fictionalised accounts of real life events – Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates and Underworld by Don DeLillo. There is something about…
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August in Review
August has been a very busy month here at 746 Books. Well, not so much on the blog at 746 Books, but in the real life of 746 Books! August was the final full month of 20 Books of Summer and I watched in envy as several participants tweeted details of their 20th review! What…
20 Books of Summer is back! Who’s in?
Oh I’m a glutton for punishment…. The temperature is rising (slightly), the kids will be getting out of school soon and I’ve done my Great Wardrobe Changeover (I’m not the only one who does that, am I?) so it must be nearly summer time, which means another attempt at completing my 20 Books of Summer…
Throwback Thursday or A Long Long Time Ago in the days before Goodreads…
Last week I was having a bit of a clear out and came across a diary from 2007. Goodreads was just a twinkle in some web gurus’ eye in 2007, so I kept track of what I read the old fashioned way. By writing a list in the back of my Moleskine diary. It’s fun…
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No 700 The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
The full title of this collection is The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares: Novellas and Stories of Unspeakable Dread. Joyce Carol Oates might not seem like the first port of call if you are in the mood for some unspeakable dread, but novels such as Zombie, My Sister, My Love and We Were the Mulvaneys all…
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The R.I.P IX Reading Challenge
I love Autumn; it’s my favourite time of year. I love the back to school feel of it, the nip in the air. I’m too pale to be a summer kind of girl. Maybe that’s why the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge over at Stainless Steel Droppings has caught my eye, the notion of welcoming autumn…
Top Ten Tuesday – Most Owned Authors
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created over at The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is the top ten authors I own the most books from. Now, if I was being really honest, the top two would probably be Enid Blyton and Francine Pascal (I was OBSESSED with Sweet…
