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Reading & Reviewing
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Formerly located at ofbooks.blogspot.com, Reading & Reviewing is the original book review project featuring illustrative self-portraiture by Karin Elizabeth.
#12156 in All , #20 in Literature

New purchases…

Being sick at home with pharyngitis – the weirdest kind of ill I've been in a while – leads to boredom. Boredom leads to browsing. Browsing leads me straight to Bookdepository.com. A...

04 may 12

R&R 133 | Bossypants

Tina Fey Bossypants First published in: 2011 This edition: Sphere, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7515-4783-2 Genre: humor, memoir, non-fiction Pages: 285 (including Q&A, reading guide) Cover design by Mario ...

16 apr 12

UK Loot!

Those of you who know me, know I love to go book shopping in the UK. (It's my version of Christmas!) This weekend it was finally "the most wonderful time of the year" again. The loot: ...

03 apr 12

R&R 132 | Lucky

I'm sorry for, again, the lack of updates and for neglecting to approve comments. I'm having a hard time keeping this blog up, it's quite a lot of work and I've still been very, v...

07 mar 12 1 person likes this

R&R 131 | The Stupidest Angel

Aaaaand we're back! I'm going to do my best in 2012 to balance work & personal photography projects! Here's the first review for 2012! Yes, Christmas is over, but I didn't fin...

15 jan 12

Year 4 was a quiet one..

Happy Holidays – I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and / or other celebrations The new year is upon us: I probably won't post here again until January, so here goes: Happy new ye...

29 dec 11

R&R 130 | Girl in Translation

…well. That took a while. I've been busy getting my photography butt back into gear, working with models a lot, so that's a good reason. Another is that I've been having a few is...

14 nov 11

R&R 129 | The Undomestic Goddess

Sophie Kinsella The Undomestic Goddess First published in: 2005 This edition: Black Swan, 2006 ISBN: 9780552772747 Genre: chick lit Pages: 416 Cover illustration by Gavin Reece; design by Stephen Mul...

14 sep 11

R&R 128 | Chasing Harry Winston

I'm back. With a vengeance. First review in a while, and it's delightfully snarky. Lauren Weisberger Chasing Harry Winston First published in: 2008 This edition: HarperCollins, 2008 (ISBN 9...

30 aug 11

Recently acquired

I'm still here. With some more books. * Emma Henderson – Grace Williams Says it Loud! I've already finished reading this one, this book about an institutionalized woman telling us her...

04 aug 11

R&R 127 | House of Night 1: Marked

It's been ages; I've been busy with lots of other stuff and couldn't find the time for this project. I haven't even finished a book in the entire month of June. Seriously, that�...

05 jul 11

R&R 126 | Playing with the Grown-Ups

Sophie Dahl Playing with the Grown-Ups First published in: 2007 This edition: Bloomsbury, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7475-7777-5 Genre/keywords: fiction, coming of age Pages: 285 (beautiful) cover design: Sara...

20 may 11

Absence makes your heart grow fonder? Right?

As I'm working on a new review post, I figured I should also explain my recent lack-of-posting here at Reading-Reviewing.com. The project is still my baby. But my photography isn't just abo...

20 may 11

Ten things about this reader

Italian book blogger Roberta commented a few weeks ago that she would like to know a little more about myself, personally, on this blog. I try to keep the focus on books here, but surely I can tell y...

28 apr 11

Old news: Goon Squad wins Pulitzer 2011

28 apr 11

R&R 125 | The Hunger Games

This review took a while. The weather has been amazing here the past few weeks and I've been enjoying it Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games trilogy, #1) Dutch: N/A First publishe...

27 apr 11

Orange Prize short list announced!

Four weeks after the announcement of the long list for the Orange Prize for fiction (English-language fiction written by female authors from all over the world), the short list is finally known. The ...

12 apr 11

R&R 124 | Generation X

Douglas Coupland Generation X Dutch: N/A First published in: 1991 This edition: Abacus 1996 (1997 reprint) ISBN: 0-349-10839-0 Genre: fiction Pages: 211 Cover: N/A I took this picture about 6 weeks a...

12 apr 11

When I go to England…

…I buy lots of secondhand books. It's April, which for us (Wil & I) usually means: United Kingdom. Our annual trip – to visit friends, tour a part of the country and to go toy tr...

04 apr 11

Orange prize long list announced

The Orange Prize for fiction long list has been announced yesterday. The Orange Prize, first awarded in 1996, celebrates English-language literature written by women from all over the world. The long...

17 mar 11

Lowlands Lit: Libris Literatuurprijs shortlist

Yesterday, the shortlist for the Dutch Libris Literatuurprijs was announced. Chances are I'll be reading a few of these works of fiction this year; I might even stop by a bookstore later today a...

15 mar 11

Abandoned | The Post-Birthday World

From now on I'm going to be better at quitting books that do nothing for me. And I'll explain why. (No self-portrait, no R&R #. I prefer to do those kinds of reviews only for books I fi...

14 mar 11

News blurb: a third Bridget Jones novel!

A day after I find out there's going to be a new Jeffrey Eugenides novel, I also learn via ABC's blog & Londener's Diary that Helen Fielding has begun work on the third Bridget Jo...

12 mar 11

News blurb: Jeffrey Eugenides new novel!

It's been a long wait after The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, but the time has finally come: a third Jeffrey Eugenides novel is set to be published this year, by Fourth Estate. The Marriage Plo...

11 mar 11

Cover: photography by Karin E.

This post involves a) a book and b) a photo I took. And it has nothing (yet) to do with a book review. Yup. It's a bookworm-and-photographer' ;s dream come true. My photo (a self-portrait ent...

10 mar 11

Abandoning books

When I read about Jackie's resolution to start enjoying books more by abandoning the ones she doesn't find outstanding enough, I thought to myself: I don't do that nearly enough, mysel...

10 mar 11

New TBR-pile additions

Just two books this month; we have our annual Spring trip to the UK coming up in little under 4 weeks, so that means I'll be stalking charity shops for lots more additions to the TBR-pile. Apart...

08 mar 11

On the wish list

John Green – An Abundance of Katherines It's being read a lot at the moment, I've noticed. I'd like to read it because of the quirky storyline. Colin Singleton (the name alone!) ...

01 mar 11

R&R 123 | Mister Pip

Those of you familiar with Charles Dickens can hazard a pretty good guess from the title of Lloyd Joness 2006 novel what the book could be about. MISTER PIP is, somewhat, about the novel GREAT EXPECT...

28 feb 11

R&R 122 | An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly #3)

Charlaine Harris An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly #3) Dutch: N/A First published in: 2007 This edition: Berkley Prime Crime 2008 ISBN: 978-0-425-22424-3 Genre: crime, supernatural Pages: 280 Cover ...

09 feb 11

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