Posted in Challenge 2008, Completed, Eponymous Challenge on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Objective: 4 titles which describe characters within March – May 2008
1) A Partisan’s Daughter
2) Tess of the D’Urbervilles
3) The Man In The Window
4) The Artificial Silk Girl
Challenge complete 17.05.08.
I only really enjoyed one of the four titles and that was K O Dahl’s crime novel. Still it was a great idea for [...]
Posted in 2 New 2 U, Challenge 2008, Completed on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1) Wolfgang Koeppen – Death In Rome
2) Penelope Fitzgerald – The Blue Flower
Challenge completed 14.05.2008. I’m glad I joined this one. I’ve discovered two excellent authors and I now look forward to investigating the back catalogues of both!
Posted in Book To Movie, Challenge 2007, Completed on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Objective: 3 titles
Timescale: 01.10.2007 – 31.12.2007
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Painted Veil
Posted in Challenge 2007, Completed, Decades 2007 on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Objective: 10 books 10 consecutive decades
Timescale: August 2007 – December 2007
1907 The Secret Agent
1914 The Dubliners
1925 The Painted Veil
1935 Mr Norris Changes Trains
1941 Mildred Pierce
1958 The Dark Room of Damocles
1961 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1977 Quartet In Autumn
1989 The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
1997 The Magician’s Wife
