It's been a while since I've participated in Deb's excellent Booking Through Thursday meme, so I thought I'd put in the effort to get back on board with it. Today Deb's asks the question: What’s the biggest book you’ve read recently? (Feel … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Father’s Candlelight
April 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Father's Candlelight, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Re-reading my favourite paragraph from Proust's Swann's Way: But I begged her again to 'Come and say good-night to me!' terrified as I saw the light from my father's candle already … [Read more...]
…and so it begins!
March 9, 2009 By 8 Comments
Whoop with a capital ‘W’ because look what the wind-beaten delivery driver dropped off today! That means my journey into Proust can now begin in earnest, although there has been a slight change to the plans (hehe....I’m so fickle! :o)). As … [Read more...]
[Sunday Salon] : The ‘Proust Questionnaire’
March 8, 2009 By 9 Comments
With Thursday's 'Proustian epiphany' still fresh in my mind, and my 'patient' wait for the books to arrive continuing, you can imagine there's still a lot of Proust fever going on in my head at the moment. My regular reading of course continues, but … [Read more...]
The indescribable feeling of ‘discovering’ a new classic writer
March 6, 2009 By 10 Comments
It came to me yesterday by way of a causal comment via Twitter, a comment from bookish friend and follower @blondediva11 and it simply said - “Remembrance of Things Past-Proust”. At first I was confused. I thought blondediva11 was simply passing … [Read more...]