tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post7868262699065131636..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: Leap Year Book Challenge 2016Bronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-77361674783783769152016-03-03T15:25:49.844+11:002016-03-03T15:25:49.844+11:00"Well then, isn't it better to just be ho..."Well then, isn't it better to just be honest about it?"<br />From Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-49366811501871626132016-03-01T19:43:30.523+11:002016-03-01T19:43:30.523+11:00Thanks I'm enjoying seeing all these new-to-me...Thanks I'm enjoying seeing all these new-to-me books popping up too :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-61054918489221147392016-03-01T19:42:40.999+11:002016-03-01T19:42:40.999+11:00I enjoyed The Gathering & hope to try another ...I enjoyed The Gathering & hope to try another Enright soon - I'll watch for your review.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-4124464558493708672016-03-01T19:41:53.318+11:002016-03-01T19:41:53.318+11:00Delighted to see you on here Geoff & delighted...Delighted to see you on here Geoff & delighted that you're loving Jasper Fforde :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-25647901809139143932016-03-01T17:19:15.868+11:002016-03-01T17:19:15.868+11:00Here it is anyhow! "Oho, quelle aristo!"...Here it is anyhow! "Oho, quelle aristo!" they shouted with ironical astonishment, gazing at the young girl's face, fingering her gown, thrusting begrimed, hate-distorted faces close to her own."<br />'I Will Repay' by Baroness Orczy, 1913.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-27200720573836020322016-03-01T17:17:05.629+11:002016-03-01T17:17:05.629+11:00I only just saw this today so I added mine to Jose...I only just saw this today so I added mine to Joseph's blog as it's still the 29th over there!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-23721406064060453662016-03-01T13:16:20.151+11:002016-03-01T13:16:20.151+11:00Nice...I used Little Women. http://100greatestnove...Nice...I used Little Women. http://100greatestnovelsofalltimequest.blogspot.com/2016/02/leap-year-book-challenge-2016.htmlJosephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-47609161671000539212016-03-01T10:02:06.964+11:002016-03-01T10:02:06.964+11:00Here's the first line on page 29 in Against a ...Here's the first line on page 29 in Against a Brightening Sky by Jaime Lee Moyer: "The air filled with the smell of burning cloth and wood and flesh."<br />Fun post!Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-64890312558666080912016-03-01T03:41:57.781+11:002016-03-01T03:41:57.781+11:00The first complete sentence on page 29 of Anne Enr...The first complete sentence on page 29 of Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz is "So I waved." That doesn't tell you much, does it? ;) (The book is excellent though; hard to put down despite an unlikable narrator. That's always a good sign.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-15657495569206373672016-02-29T12:54:10.013+11:002016-02-29T12:54:10.013+11:00Jasper Fforde 'Shades of Grey'
He had a fa...Jasper Fforde 'Shades of Grey'<br />He had a faded Yellow Spot on his grubby lapel and his hair was not only without a neat parting, but without any sort of parting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970518206244247344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-35610853730621753892016-02-29T09:22:24.190+11:002016-02-29T09:22:24.190+11:00Another Nobel author - well done Nancy!Another Nobel author - well done Nancy!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-84334371739108212562016-02-29T09:21:21.530+11:002016-02-29T09:21:21.530+11:00This one sounds very interesting - any goss so far...This one sounds very interesting - any goss so far?Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-39943000238621229772016-02-29T09:20:31.008+11:002016-02-29T09:20:31.008+11:00Oh I loved this book last year. It has continued t...Oh I loved this book last year. It has continued to grow in my affections since then too :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-91815613697636770492016-02-29T05:06:26.490+11:002016-02-29T05:06:26.490+11:00My book for the 2016 Leap Year is 'Bend in the...My book for the 2016 Leap Year is 'Bend in the River' (Naipaul)<br />"The shops were empty; water was a problem; electricity was erratic; and petrol was often short".<br />Main character Salim describing the town (on the bend in the river) where he has decided to start his new life/business. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-82927242216766181822016-02-29T04:10:15.192+11:002016-02-29T04:10:15.192+11:00From Jane [Austen] and Her Gentlemen, by Audrey Ha...From Jane [Austen] and Her Gentlemen, by Audrey Hawkridge: "It was a crowded household, a little uncongenial to a writer's soul, but it was a safe harbour and only temporary, for in 1809 she moved to Chawton, near Alton."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-75723703933599658682016-02-29T03:19:09.615+11:002016-02-29T03:19:09.615+11:00From Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant:
"...From Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant:<br />"There were, however plenty of things to attend to before they could set off."Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.com