Tag Archives: Persephone Books
Do They Feel Lucky? Sex, Chips, and Barrels: Stewart O’Nan’s The Odds
Dear Reader: It’s so nice to have dog friends – other good friends who love dogs, not dogs I love, but those are excellent too. Last night Christy treated me to a lovely dinner and lots of dog talk. This morning Mark and I took Louie, Sophie, Gus, and Zoe out for 1.5 hours of …
Whoops – here’s a title: Sex, Literature, and the Volga (George Eliot, Edith Wharton, bell hooks, Helen R. Hull, Nicola Humble, Susan Richards)
Dear Reader: Book Journey is hosting It’s Monday, What are You Reading? So, seemed like a good chance to tell you what I’m in the middle of… I have seven books going – violating my own “2 books at a time” informal rule… Three are from the library for limited times, one’s for a readalong, …
Library Loot! and WWW Wednesdays
Dear Reader: Claire at The Captive Reader is sponsoring Library Loot wherein we share what we have checked out from the library. Great idea for a meme! And Should be Reading is hosting WWW Wednesdays focused on what have just read (discussed here), currently reading (below), and soon to be reading (also below). So, I …
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
Dear Reader: My favorite book blogger, Book Snob, has been raving about Persephone Books Press in London for awhile (if you happen to be in London, they have a storefront where you can buy books – heaven!). Persephone is a small press specializing in publishing out of print books of great quality, particularly by women …
