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| on compulsive reading and shopping | July 2, 2008 | When it comes to books I continually overestimate the number I can be reading at any one time. The result of this is that I always have more than one on the go. Currently the list of those I have actually started is comprised of:Wild SwansThe Pillars of the Earth (don’t know if I can […] |
| the “boot motif” | June 18, 2008 | Well it was certainly a lively discussion yesterday evening at bookclub. All Quiet on the Western Front was praised all round for its matter of fact description of war, the way it was able to clearly portray the difficulties of daily life at the front line, as well as the way in which war was […] |
| the "boot motif" | Well it was certainly a lively discussion yesterday evening at bookclub. All Quiet on the Western Front was praised all round for its matter of fact description of war, the way it was able to clearly portray the difficulties of daily life at the front line, as well as the way in which war was […] |
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| small acts of cunning | June 17, 2008 | The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […] |
| small acts of cunning | The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […] |
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| don’t mention the war | June 14, 2008 | With bookclub approaching on Wednesday I decided I better begin All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s not long, and I thought I would be able to knock it over today. But the clarity of its descriptions of the horror of WW1 meant I made it two thirds through and needed a break. It reminded […] |
| don’t mention the war | With bookclub approaching on Wednesday I decided I better begin All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s not long, and I thought I would be able to knock it over today. But the clarity of its descriptions of the horror of WW1 meant I made it two thirds through and needed a break. It reminded […] |
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| p and p | June 13, 2008 | jimmy smits is probably my favourite screen based american president (closely followed by martin sheen and then michael douglas) so it was a shame to see him utilising very little of his acting ability in the jane austen bookclub.I love jane austen as much as the next girl with an undergrad degree in english, but […] |
| p and p | jimmy smits is probably my favourite screen based american president (closely followed by martin sheen and then michael douglas) so it was a shame to see him utilising very little of his acting ability in the jane austen bookclub.I love jane austen as much as the next girl with an undergrad degree in english, but […] |
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| Last book club | June 3, 2008 | Jennifer Byrne eat your heart out. Every month or so a group of women get together on a Wednesday in my little town for a scintillating discussion of a book and/or film. Last meeting it was Tim Winton’s masterful Cloudstreet. Next meeting is All quiet on the western front AND the new Indiana Jones. Opinions […] |