Doris Lessing: Fiction & Truth

I came across this quote in Doris Lessing’s autobiography. I’m not sure if it’s completely true but I find it interesting to contemplate….

You Had Me at ‘Hello’: Top Ten First Lines

Some books just grab you from the very first lines, don’t you think? I absolutely love it when that happens. Here’s my list…

Once upon a time, I hated staying home on Saturday nights. I guess I must be getting old because Saturday night found me…

1. Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway (1961) I know this book finds its way onto a lot of my lists but I…

Each week the Broke and the Bookish host a meme inviting bloggers to share a top ten list of something bookish; this week it’s our…

1. Anne from Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Though she doesn’t get into any actual punch-ups in the sleepy town of…

I remember the first speculative fiction book I ever read: Nicholas Fisk’s A Rag, A Bone and a Hank of Hair. I was…

Being stranded on a desert island I’d definitely want to have a few of my all-time faves with me. But given that I’d…

Contemplating writers I’d like to meet, I tried to think of some who were really super handsome. And I couldn’t think of one!…