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Thursday, 31 March 2011

Orange 2011: The road to wanting (Law-Yone)

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Another Orange longlister, and yet another country - this time we are in Burma and Thailand with Wendy Law-Yone's The road to Wanting . ...
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The musical Bernard the bear

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He does a pretty good job on Beethoven...
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Orange 2011: A visit from the goon squad (Egan)

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My seventh Orange read from the longlist (which takes me to halfway through, since I had read three titles before it was announced) is set i...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Baking from the cupboards 10

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Yes, there is a tenth baking from the cupboards, and we're still going strong. This week I finally used up the tin of pumpkin puree, th...
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Monday, 28 March 2011

Orange 2011: Jamrach's menagerie (Carol Birch)

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I have greatly enjoyed a couple of Carol Birch's novels in the last few years, which I came across because they were published by Virago...
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Saturday, 26 March 2011

Orange 2011: The memory of love (Forna)

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I'm afraid that The memory of love , my fifth Orange read since the longlist was announce, is the first that has made me stall a bit. I...
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Friday, 25 March 2011

Orange 2011: The london train (Hadley)

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My fourth Orange read of the longlist season is the first non-debut novel that I've read from the list. And it's by an author whose...
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Thursday, 24 March 2011

Orange 2011: The pleasure-seekers (Tishana Doshi)

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From Nigeria , to Canada, and now to India and Wales, this year's Orange Prize longlist has certainly had me globe-trotting. And a thir...
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Bernard the bear returns

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Bernard the bear seem to gain a lot of fans last week when he featured in his swimming gear. Owing to the absence of domestic arts again th...
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Orange 2011: Annabel (Kathleen Winter)

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My second Orange of 2011 is another debut novel and another novel dealing with an issue alien to me - Annabel by Kathleen Winter is the stor...
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I love books, baking and my boyfriend, and love to write about the first two. I particular love "forgotten" books, books brought out of obscurity by republication and those still languishing in obscurity. I'm currently reading my way through all of the Virago Modern Classics, but taking in other books along the way.
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