Tag Archives: England

A Quick Catch-up Post

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

Well, I’m reading a lot, but I’m not doing a very good job of filling you in on what I’m reading. Work is winning in the battle for my time. So this is what I’ve been doing, other than reading … Continue reading →

Posted in 1001 Books, 2014 TBR PIle Challenge, Booker, Mystery/Thriller | Tagged 1001 Books, Anne Perry, Antonio Tabucchi, Around the World in Books, audiobooks, England, Execution Dock, France, Germany, Goethe, Graham Greene, Ireland, Man Booker Prize, Margaret Atwood, Melanesia, Oryx and Crake, Pat Barker, Pereira Maintains, Portugal, Romanticism, The End of the Affair, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road, The Sorrows of Young Werther, The Story of Lucy Gault, Wiilam Trevor | Leave a comment

The Last Reads of 2013: Sierra Leone, Canada, Maine, Venezuela, Morocco (and Illinois and London)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Beth Parks Aronson

I have decided to close out 2013 at this point, rather than read like a fiend to the end. For one thing it’s my anniversary, and holing up with books til midnight seems a little antisocial. Also, there isn’t a … Continue reading →

Posted in 1001 Books, Around the US 2013, Around the World 2013, Books, Orange, Pulitzer Prize | Tagged 1001 Books, Africa, Alphabonkers, Around the US in Books, Around the World in Books, Arthurian Legend, British Literature, Canada, Daniel Kehlmann, David Finch, Elizabeth Strout, England, George Orwell, Germany, Graham Greene, Heather O'Neill, Insurgent, Italo Calvino, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Lullabies for Little Criminals, maine, Measuring the World, Morocco, Olive Kitteridge, Orange Prize, Pulitzer Prize, South America, The Heart of the Matter, The Journal of Best Practices, The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount, USA, Venezuela, Veronica Roth | Leave a comment

Vienna and Missouri and Husbands Charged With Murder

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Beth Parks Aronson

I’m racing to the end of the year, now, hoping I can get some actual “book books” read now that I’m done with commuting to Beaumont daily til the new year. I don’t think there is any way I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the US 2013, Around the World 2013, Books, Mystery/Thriller | Tagged Anne Perry, Around the US in Books, Around the World in Books, Austria, books, England, Funeral in Blue, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Missouri, mystery, New York | Leave a comment

In the viper-filled Court of Henry VIII’s London

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Beth Parks Aronson

This book advances not a single of my goals, but it is a Booker Winner and was on the 2010 Orange Prize Shortlist, and I have loved every minute of it during the car ride to and from work. Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Booker, Books, Orange | Tagged books, England, Great Britain, Hilary Mantel, Man Booker Prize, Orange Prize, Wolf Hall, Women's Prize for Fiction | Leave a comment

A Side Trip to England

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Beth Parks Aronson

I’ve been reading some side books for a little challenge around Valentine’s Day in a group on Goodreads. I used it to clear a couple books from my To Be Read piles on audio and Kindle. This was an early … Continue reading →

Posted in 1001 Books, Books, Mystery/Thriller | Tagged 1001 Books, books, British Literature, England, Europe, The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins | 1 Comment

A Promising Start to 2013

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Beth Parks Aronson

Three days into the new year, and I am two books into my reading agenda for the year. I loved them both and am enjoying book three, which is one I avoided because it intimidated me last year. First I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in 1001 Books, Around the US 2013, Around the World 2013, Books | Tagged 1001 Books, 2013 goals, Ali Smith, Around the World in Books, books, England, France, Invisible, Paul Auster, There but for the | 6 Comments

My World Tour 2012

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Beth Parks Aronson

I have had an amazing trip around the world in 2012. Next year I will be doing it again and will also be doing a tour of the 50 states. And I might just disappear again on you in November. … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the World 2012, Books | Tagged Africa, American Literature, Around the World in Books, Asia, Australia, books, British Literature, Caribbean, Central America, England, Europe, India, Ireland, Israel, North America, Oceania, Pitcairn Island, South America, Trinidad, USA | 2 Comments

Being Dead During the Philly Rock and Roll Half Marathon

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Beth Parks Aronson

Ok, I’m officially catching up a bit on back posts. Somehow both husband and child are in bed and sleeping before 11 pm. I finally have time to think and type without interruption! Before I get on with my review … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Other Prizes, Uncategorized | Tagged Being Dead, books, British Literature, England, Europe, Jim Crace, National Book Critics Circle | Leave a comment

Another Quick Trip to England

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Beth Parks Aronson

This one was for a rainbow challenge I’m doing on Goodreads. I have to read books in 7 categories, with various requirements between now and December. The challenge is the reason I read a few books with orange covers back … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Mystery/Thriller | Tagged books, domestic violence, England, Harm Done, mob psychology, mystery, Ruth Rendell, UK | Leave a comment

Following a Cloud Atlas Across Time and Space

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Beth Parks Aronson

Let me start by saying that trying to finish a 509 page novel while on vacation with a four and a half year old who seems to need less sleep than I do was quite a challenge. I did a … Continue reading →