I used to read a lot of poetry when I was younger, but I fell out of love with it around the age of 14 and have never quite managed to repair that relationship. I spotted a post recently on My Little Book Blog and had to share it because I think these two poems (the original by Charles Warnke, and the response by Rosemarie Urquico) may just have begun to mend my on-again-off-again tumultuous battle with poetry…
Recently, I read a post on Book.Blog.Bake that served to be a massive wake-up-call for me, and made me realise just how naive I, and I’m sure many others, can be…
This is a rant post. I know I have to accept some of the responsibility, but I’m a little quite annoyed, so I’m putting a warning out there before you read on, that this Book Geek ain’t happy.
A discussion of book reviews, DNFs, book-blogger guilt, and asking what you do when you receive a book for review from a publisher and struggle to get through it…
Originally posted on 101 Books:
So says A.S. Byatt, author of Possession. I’m paraphrasing. The more I read about A.S. Byatt, the less likeable she seems. Last week, we talked about her dismissiveness of bloggers and social media. This week, let’s talk about how much she dislikes Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. How fun! Byatt comes…
I’ve finally taken the plunge.
After much procrastination and promising myself I would, I’m finally getting to grips with the classics.
Confessions of a Book Geek 