The Player of Games

The White Queen

16 April 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

We’re just a couple of weeks away from World Book Night 2013 and I’m heading to Waterstones this week to pick up my 20 copies of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. I was determined this year to read more than just the book I was giving out…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Cormac McCarthy, Elizabeth Woodville, historical fiction, Mark Billingham, Philippa Gregory, Plantagents, Princes in the Tower, Remains of the Day, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Player of Games, The Road, The White Queen, War of the Roses, World Book Night, World Book Night 2013

New Year Resolutions

4 January 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

I’ve had a little bit of break from the website for a couple of weeks, I had lots of plans for articles to write and publish over Christmas and New Year but work, family visits and festivities all conspired to get in the way…

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World Book Night 2012

25 October 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

World Book Night is an opportunity for those of us who love books to share our passion with those who may not be such big reading fans. In just one night 1 million books are distributed by over 20,000 ‘givers’ – a great celebration of adult literature..

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: A Tale of Two Cities, Andrea Levy, Audrey Niffenegger, Bernard Cornwell, Bill Bryson, Charles Dickens, Cormac McCarthy, Daphne du Maurier, David Peace, Dodie Smith, Emma Donoghue, free books, giveaways, Good Omens, Harlequin, How I Live Now, I Capture The Castle, Iain M Banks, Jane Austen, Joe Simpson, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kazuo Ishiguro, Let The Right One In, Maggie O'Farrell, Mark Billingham, Markus Zusak, Martina Cole, Meg Rosoff, Misery, Neil Gaiman, Notes from a Small Island, Paulo Coehlo, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, Roald Dahl, Room, Sleepyhead, Small Island, Someone Like You, Sophie Kinsella, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, The Alchemist, The Book Thief, The Damned United, The Player of Games, The Remains of the Day, The Road, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, The Take, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Touching the Void, World Book Night