Saturday, 29 December 2012
Monday, 10 December 2012
Musing Mondays {Dec10th}
This week’s musing, courtesy of “iamciska.tumbler.com", asks…
What was the last book you could not finish and why?
Most recently "The Educated Ape " by Robert Rankin .
It's very rare for me to not finish in this case i read 80+ pages and was waiting for the story to emerge.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Musing Mondays {Dec03}
This week’s musing, courtesy of Booking Through Thursday, asks…
How do you organize/store your books? Do you go through them often? Or do you pretty much just shelve them and then leave them alone until you need them?
I have 2 shelves for my Elizabeth Chadwick collection ,this is on a small bookcase turned on its side.
I have one shelf for my "research" factual books, and one and a bit shelves for other books J.Z. Colby ect.
I do go through them every so often .
Friday, 16 November 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Monday, 5 November 2012
A history of Ireland in 100 objects
A history of Ireland in 100 objects
Lamp from ‘River Clyde’, 1915
This lamp is from a converted collier, ‘River Clyde’. On April 25th, 1915, it lit the way to hell for 2,000 soldiers, mostly members of the Munster and Dublin Fusiliers. They had been chosen as the shock troops of an Allied landing near Sedd-el-Bahr at Cape Helles, on the southern tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, in Turkey.
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Friday, 7 September 2012
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Saturday, 30 June 2012
Monday, 25 June 2012
Musing Mondays {25.06/2012}
This weeks musing ... Do you set goals for yourself, while reading? For example, “I want to get this book finished this weekend“, or “I will read __ pages today“, etc. Why, or why not?
My answer :
Sometimes i set mini goals ,if I'm reading a long book I'll read for say an hour.
Or to the end of the page I'm on . Which ever comes first !
With some of my recent reads my goal was "slow down reading!" lol
I have a tendency to race to the end ,finishing a new 500pg plus book in 1 day.
Monday, 11 June 2012
Musing Mondays {11/06/2012}
What is the longest book you have ever read? How long did it take you to read it?
I've read a few really long books. Generally how long it takes depends on how good the story is!
Here's a few of the contenders for longest book read .
Darkman's by Nicola Barker 848pg, Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follet 1100 pages!
Monday, 28 May 2012
Monday, 14 May 2012
Musing Mondays {14.05.2012}
"Do you tend to read to the end of a chapter or can you stop anywhere?"
Usualy i read to the end of a chapter, if the chaper is very long i'll read to a page break.
I also use bookmarks to hold the pages and sometime use post it notes also.
It depends on the book. lol
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
"Bloody" Propaganda
ElizabethI : 800 a year each year of her reign,30,000.
Mary Tudor :283 total for reign.This is so called Bloody Mary?
HenryVIII:30,000.
Shakespear is good for many things tradgedy,drama,comedy, ect.
What is often missed is he is/was writing for the Tudor court of Elizabeth1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare
I consider him a "spin doctor", he can't do positive history plays unless her realives get a postive ,smypathic view!
"Shakespeare was living in the reign of Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the house of Tudor, and his history plays are often regarded as Tudor propaganda because they show the dangers of civil war and celebrate the founders of the Tudor dynasty."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_history
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gg7dt
Another point with all the questions about authourship of Shakespear is ,He may have been Chatolic .
"members of Shakespeare's family were Catholics, at a time when Catholic practice was against the law.[179] Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, certainly came from a pious Catholic family. The strongest evidence might be a Catholic statement of faith signed by John Shakespeare, found in 1757 in the rafters of his former house in Henley Street. The document is now lost, however, and scholars differ as to its authenticity.[180] In 1591 the authorities reported that John Shakespeare had missed church "for fear of process for debt", a common Catholic excuse.[181] In 1606 the name of William's daughter Susanna appears on a list of those who failed to attend Easter communion in Stratford.["
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare%27s_religion
William Byrd another Catholic " regularly appeared in the quarterly local assizes to pay heavy fines for recusancy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd
Mary Tudor :283 total for reign.This is so called Bloody Mary?
HenryVIII:30,000.
Shakespear is good for many things tradgedy,drama,comedy, ect.
What is often missed is he is/was writing for the Tudor court of Elizabeth1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare
I consider him a "spin doctor", he can't do positive history plays unless her realives get a postive ,smypathic view!
"Shakespeare was living in the reign of Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the house of Tudor, and his history plays are often regarded as Tudor propaganda because they show the dangers of civil war and celebrate the founders of the Tudor dynasty."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_history
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gg7dt
Another point with all the questions about authourship of Shakespear is ,He may have been Chatolic .
"members of Shakespeare's family were Catholics, at a time when Catholic practice was against the law.[179] Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, certainly came from a pious Catholic family. The strongest evidence might be a Catholic statement of faith signed by John Shakespeare, found in 1757 in the rafters of his former house in Henley Street. The document is now lost, however, and scholars differ as to its authenticity.[180] In 1591 the authorities reported that John Shakespeare had missed church "for fear of process for debt", a common Catholic excuse.[181] In 1606 the name of William's daughter Susanna appears on a list of those who failed to attend Easter communion in Stratford.["
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare%27s_religion
William Byrd another Catholic " regularly appeared in the quarterly local assizes to pay heavy fines for recusancy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd
WWW Wednesday {25th April 2012}
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
1.I'm not reading anything at the moment.
3.Next? I really don't know.
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Monday, 20 February 2012
A history of Ireland in 100 objects
A history of Ireland in 100 objects
De Burgo-O’Malley Chalice, 1494
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
Friday, 3 February 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Teaser Tuesday 31/01/2012
My teaser :
"If you take political candidates as a population sample,then the United States is a Third World country. Everyone grows up poor , running water is a luxury , shoes are rare , a square meal is cause for jubilant celebration." pg101. form Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
WWW Wednesday 25/01/2012
To play along , just answer the following 3 questions :
1.What are you currently reading?
2.What did you recently finish reading ?
3.What do you think you'll be reading next?
1.I'm currently reading Persuader by Lee Child . Excellent thriller ,I'm fast becoming addicted to Reacher! lol
2.I recently finished Tripwire by Lee Child and Killing Floor by Lee Child .{Told you i was fast getting addicted to Reacher!lol}
3.Next? I'll probably get another Lee Child ;D lol
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Teaser Tuesday 24/01/2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My teaser :
" You killed a cop" he said. "That old guy was a cop ,you know."
"I know".
"You shot him".
"Accident " I said. "How far back are the others?"
pg 18 . Persuader by Lee Child
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Teaser Tuesday 17/01/2012
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My teaser from "The Templar's Quest" by C.M. Palov .
Catching his first glimpse of the stacked mound of kindling and the dour-faced Dominican priest, Caedmon's heart slammed against his breastbone.
"There's been a mistake !" he fearfully exclaimed . "I'm not supposed to be here!"
"Here" being an unlit funeral pyre at the foot of Montsegur.
pg338 .
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Best reads 2011!
Happy New Year!!
http://www.elizabethchadwick.com/index.php
http://morgankarpiel.com/
http://www.nebador.com/
{note: I'm currently reading Nebador book5!}apologies for the images and odd formatting .
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