It’s a wee while since I shared some links from the Guardian review section with you, but I think you might be quite interested in some from this week’s edition.
Firstly there’s an article titled Charlotte’s web by Claire Harman which you can read here. It’s about Charlotte Bronte and her crush on Paul Heger which inspired her to write Villette.
There’s an article here by Bill Bryson. Can you believe that it’s 20 years since he wrote Notes from a Small Island?
You can read Mark Lawson’s review of Ruth Rendell’s last book Dark Corners here.
Read Melanie McGrath’s review of Ian Rankin’s latest Rebus novel Even Dogs in the Wild here if you’re a fan.
Christobel Kent has reviewed Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling here.
Last but not least there’s an article by David Mitchell about Ursula K Le Guin and her Earthsea books which you can read here. I didn’t read the Earthsea books until I was an adult and I really got into the series, which is more than I can say for Tolkien’s books, so I was glad to read that Mitchell is a fan of Le Guin.
It was a rich seam of bookish stuff in the Review section this week as far as I’m concerned anyway, the above is just a selection which interested me most. I hope you enjoy some of it too.
I love Bill Bryson’s books and have just put The Road to Little Dribbling on hold at the library.
Joan,
I’ve only read a few of his books so I have a lot to catch up with.
Thanks for the links, Katrina. I really enjoyed the article about Earthsea. I have only read the first book and plan to read more of the series.
tracybham,
I hope you enjoy the rest of the books when you get around to reading them.
Had to laugh at the thought of Rebus on Strictly Dancing! We have an American version, Dancing with the Stars. I wouldn’t miss an episode of that if he were on it!.
I never heard of the Earthsea books but will look into those for Isa. She loves fantasy. Could make a nice Christmas gift.
I subscribe to the Review newsletter thing from Guardian about book news and get it in my email.
Peggy,
I think that Isa would really enjoy the Earthsea books.
I had no idea that they sent out a newsletter, that explains why you sometimes know about things before I do – and we buy the newspaper!