10 Books Of January

Over at On The Nightstand I am taking part in several challenges, one of which is “read 100 books in a year”. I did the same last year, reading (IIRC) 117 books, with the bulk of my reading happening between March and November. I did read a lot, but once I started up my book blog the amount of reading I did increased exponentially.

What I Have Read This Year

This was previously posted to On The Nightstand So, I was looking at some posts on Absolute Write where members were discussing books that they had read, and their goal to read 100 books. It inspired me to have a look at all the books I have read this year. According to my OpenOffice spreadsheet, [...]

Audience Participation Time

It was a toss up between posting here or at On The Nightstand, but eventually I decided that it might just be best to crosspost it to both blogs (and be sure to untick the journalpress plugin for my livejournal and dreamwidth accounts on one, to avoid even more double-posting) as there are two different [...]

The Movie of Dorian Gray

The latest film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel stars Ben Barnes as the titular character, Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton and has Rachel Hurd-Wood as Sibyl Vane – all three being actors I adore and eagerly wait for their next projects. That was how I discovered this movie was in production a long time [...]