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New Book on my Radar:
The Children's Book
by A.S. Byatt
Pub: Knopf, 2009
675 pages
Fiction
Summary in a Sentence:
This novel spans from the Victorian era through World War I and finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway who reminds her of the characters in her books.
Check out these reviews from some fellow bloggers:
Things mean a lot, The Indextrious Reader, Boston BibliophileInteresting Links to Peruse:
- Check out these knitted covers to classic novels.
- Eva over at A Striped Armchair reviews Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English.
- Edward Cullen underwear? WTF!
- The Second Pass reviews new Simpsons biography...
7 comments:
The Children's Book sounds nice!
Thanks for the history lesson. :)
Nina
I love the bookish quote! :)
Love the Today in Literary History! Thanks for sharing that and the site! I have The Children's Book in my TBR pile! I actually was so eager to read it I ordered it from The Book Depository but have yet to make time for it! :( Just goes to show you our book piles are bigger than our free time!
The Children's Book seems to be a love it or hate it kind of book - I have my fingers crossed that you'll fall on the love it camp :D Love this feature, btw.
Welll I actually did not know about the The Children's Book :)
Sounds good!
i love that PIC :)
I just started this one. It's a project that's for sure.
I'm looking forward to this Byatt book as well. sounds good
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