Where to start with this book? It took me a while to warm to it and for a couple of days I put it down and considered not finishing it (I’m having a bit of a problem with this recently). …
Books I Didn’t Finish: The Night Circus
Title: The Night Circus Reason: Too Dull There are many books that could fall into the ‘too dull to finish’ category. A guide to ornithology, for example, may prove to be too dull to finish, equally an academic journal on …
Homecoming- Bernhard Schlink
Homecoming is a curious puzzle of a book. Part of the reason there’s been such a silence here at The Female Scriblerian is because it’s taken me so long to read this book! The thing is- it wasn’t boring, it …
Mary Barton- Elizabeth Gaskell
This was my first foray into Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels and it was coincidentally her own first work. When I first picked this book up, I was really just looking for a follow on from Austen and at the time Women’s …
Review: Evelina by Frances Burney
Evelina by Frances Burney, written by one of Jane Austen’s favourite authors should be on your reading list. In fact, Frances Burney provided the inspiration for Pride and Prejudice. Her style transports you into the late eighteenth century society as it follow …
Books I Didn’t Finish
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Reason: Too Complicated! This book is probably the most unfinished book in the history of literature! Seriously if you’ve finished this book you deserve a medal, a knighthood or at least a rousing applause. …