The Literary Detective

18 décembre 2007

Booking Through Thursday : OOP

This week’s question is suggested by Island Editions: Do you have a favourite book, now out of print, that you would like to see become available again? (I have several…) Yes, I'm a huge fan of Winnie-The-Pooh, and I can't find it in French version, with...

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18 décembre 2007

Booking Through Thursday : Rolling

Do you get on a roll when you read, so that one book leads to the next, which leads to the next, and so on and so on? I don’t so much mean something like reading a series from beginning to end, but, say, a string of books that all take place in Paris....

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18 décembre 2007

Booking Through Thursday : Preservatives

I’m still relatively new to this meme so I’m not sure if this has been asked yet, but I’m curious how many of us write notes in our books. Are you a Footprint Leaver or a Preservationist? Definitely a Preservationist. I can stand writing in a book, it...

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15 décembre 2007

The Wardstone Chronicles - Joseph Delaney

Biography : " Joseph Delaney lives in Lancashire with his wife, and has three children and four grand-children. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called The Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step...

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8 décembre 2007

The Orphan's Tales - Catherynne M. Valente

Biography : Catherynne M. Venlente was born in 1979, in Seattle, WA and grew up in Northern California. She graduated from high school at 15, and went ti the University in San Diego and Edinburgh where she studied Classics and Ancient Greek Linguistics....

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1 décembre 2007

Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

Biography : "Katherine Paterson was born in 1932, in China, where she spent part of her childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan, the setting for her first three novels. Ms. Paterson has received numerous...

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1 décembre 2007

Reading of the month : november 2007

Je ne suis pas un ange 3 by Ai Yazawa La mécanique du coeur by Mathias Malzieu Last Quarter by Ai Yazawa The Orphan's Tales : In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente Twilight by Stephenie Meyer New Moon by Stephenie Meyer Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer...

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1 décembre 2007

Purchase of the month : november 2007

Books : La mécanique du coeur by Mathias Malzieu Over sea, under stone by Susan Cooper The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Twilight by Stephenie Meyer New Moon by Stephenie Meyer Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer The...

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