Tag Archives: books

Armchair BEA – Blogger Development & Genre Fiction

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Design credit: Sarah of Puss Reboots We are already at day 3 of the Armchair BEA. Today the discussion is about blogger development & genre fiction. Blog Development – I don’t have all the answers, but this works for me. This … Continue reading →

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New England Captives Carried to Canada 1677 – 1760 by Emma Louise Coleman

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks ago I received a lovely message to say that my name had been selected by Fieldstone Common and I had won a copy of New England Captives carried to Canada between 1677 – 1760 by Emma Louise … Continue reading →

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Armchair BEA – Genre Classics

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Design credit: Sarah of Puss Reboots For a long time I struggled to read classics. I don’t know why, perhaps the language or me or a combination of the two. As I have got older and probably linked into my very … Continue reading →

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Armchair BEA 2013 – Introductory Post

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Design credit: Sarah of Puss Reboots Today starts the opening of the week long Armchair Book Expo America. With many of us not making it to New York this annual online event exists for those of us who miss out on … Continue reading →

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The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This was the May read for my book group and I opened the pages quite keen to get started. From the beginning I felt a sense of familiarity with A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore, although the storyline did … Continue reading →

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Murder by the Homeplace by William Leverne Smith

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Julie Goucher

From the back cover “A police radio scanner call of ‘419’ – “dead human body” – on a bucolic fall afternoon in the south-central Missouri Ozarks small town of Oak Springs sends a part-time local newspaper reporter, Penny Nixon, on … Continue reading →

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How to Write Good by John Vorhaus

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This is the latest read for the Progressive Book Club. This was a quick read with only 104 pages, but this book does leave a lasting impression. A quote that I particularly liked was this one; “These days I can’t … Continue reading →

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Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Julie Goucher

A couple of months ago I saw a review of this book over at Captive Reader and immediately requested the book from my local library. A few weeks ago it arrived and about a week ago I started the book. Alice … Continue reading →

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Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman is the latest book read by my book group. There were about 8 of us present for the meeting and the response was a mixed bag. When I came to write my review I simply … Continue reading →

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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This month’s choice is the The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. I read this book back in January, having seen the book in a window display in a bookshop in Geelong Victoria last October. You can … Continue reading →

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