Monthly Archives: September 2011

Lee Child, “The Affair”

Posted on September 28, 2011 by carolwallace

There’s always been something especially satisfying about Lee Child’s thrillers. Child writes good, clean prose and he’s a master with the pacing. He understands how much we love inside information (my favorite is still Without Fail, the one set in … Continue reading →

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P. G. Wodehouse, “My Man Jeeves”

Posted on September 27, 2011 by carolwallace

I’ll admit I was a little desperate after finishing Emile Zola’s La Débâcle. I needed entertainment — no, I needed jollity! Hence, Wodehouse. Now, I’m pretty new to his work and gosh, there’s a lot of it. Worse, I was … Continue reading →

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Are You There, Jeff Bezos? It’s Me, Carol…

Posted on September 26, 2011 by carolwallace

… with a teeny suggestion. We hear that Amazon is going to release a new tablet reader called “Fire” before Christmas. (No so sure about that name, but “Kindle” has worked pretty well, huh? And I didn’t like that either…) … Continue reading →

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Emile Zola, “La Debacle/The Downfall”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by carolwallace

Another long silence, but I’ve been helping Emile Zola fight the Franco-Prussian war, and it’s taken a long time. Didn’t turn out too well, either: after all, Zola called his book La Débâcle for a reason. Just to get you … Continue reading →

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How I Influenced “Downton Abbey”

Posted on September 21, 2011 by carolwallace

Maybe you could think of this post not as outright bragging, but as giddiness, OK? Because my brilliant friend and co-author Gail MacColl sent me an article from the UK Daily Telegraph’s Sunday magazine, in which Julian Fellowes, … well, … Continue reading →

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Joanna Trollope, “Daughters-in-Law”

Posted on September 15, 2011 by carolwallace

Did I dream this? Wasn’t there a moment when Joanna Trollope’s books were best-sellers in the U.S.? I’ve certainly bought most of them, loaned them to friends, re-read them, enjoyed them mightily. So I was startled to find that Daughters-in-Law … Continue reading →

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…And Then It Changed My Brain

Posted on September 15, 2011 by carolwallace

Today’s topic for Book Blogger Appreciation Week: “Reading and Blogging.” What it’s all about, right? And our clever hosts asked us to write today about a range of reading questions but the one that snagged my attention was ” Has … Continue reading →

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Hugh Grant Just Sold Me a Book

Posted on September 14, 2011 by carolwallace

OK, I’ll admit it. I really like Hugh Grant. So when I read this morning in the Hollywood Reporter  (don’t ask why) that Grant has just joined the cast of the the film version of Cloud Atlas, I had a little … Continue reading →

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More on Book Blogging

Posted on September 12, 2011 by carolwallace

So I read the instructions wrong. I wasn’t supposed to link back, but to share links to other bloggers’ work! Easy enough. How else do I find out what to read next? For instance, I love the mix at A … Continue reading →

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Appreciating Everyone…

Posted on September 12, 2011 by carolwallace

It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week, did you know? (Usually I find these things out when they are over.) Hope some of my blogging colleagues will join the fun.

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