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Tag: Pulitzer

The Overstory by Richard Powers

5 June 201924 September 2022 ~ Brona's Books ~ 14 Comments

I do love to theme my holiday reads where possible. A recent week long Far North Queensland break in beautiful, sunny Port Douglas on the edge of the Daintree Rainforest, gave me a chance to finally read this year's Pulitzer Prize winning book by Richard Power's The Overstory. (I also packed a book of essays … Continue reading The Overstory by Richard Powers

Aubade by Louise Gluck

6 February 2019 ~ Brona's Books ~ 3 Comments

I'm trying to stretch myself with poetry reading this year.The best way to attempt this is to use my current novel reading as a springboard into a poem. Whether it be an epigraph, a quote or a reference made within a book, I plan to no longer just read over these parts quickly. Instead I … Continue reading Aubade by Louise Gluck

Eden’s Outcasts | John Matteson

24 January 201919 March 2022 ~ Brona's Books ~ 4 Comments

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. I started reading it in 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed the early part - Matteson wrote a very thorough and in-depth look at Louisa's childhood. But the font was small and things began to get difficult thanks … Continue reading Eden’s Outcasts | John Matteson

The Complete Maus | Art Spiegelman

16 September 201825 June 2022 ~ Brona's Books ~ 13 Comments

This is one graphic novel that really packs a punch. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman is one man's journey to understand what happened to his father during WWII. It's obvious from the opening pages that what happened to Vladek during the war had a huge impact on everything that came after. His marriages, his … Continue reading The Complete Maus | Art Spiegelman

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

22 July 2016 ~ Brona's Books ~ 7 Comments

Angle of Repose is Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer prize winning novel from 1971.Stegner created a part fact/part fiction story of life in 1880's America based on the real letters and journals of Mary Hallock Foote. After his book was published, a controversy brewed with some of Foote's descendants about how Stegner went about this merging of … Continue reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Classics Club February Meme

27 February 2016 ~ Brona's Books ~ 3 Comments

It's been a while since I participated in a Classics Club meme question. Mostly because I answered them first time around but also a little bit due to the fact that my life is busier now than last time around.However, I have a lovely lazy quiet weekend ahead of me and I've been tempted into … Continue reading Classics Club February Meme

So Big by Edna Ferber

31 January 2016 ~ Brona's Books ~ 13 Comments

So Big was my lucky #CCspin 11 book.It ended up on my classic TBR pile because it was a Pulitzer prize winning book from 1924.I'm trying to read my way through as many of the prize winning books as I can. So I was delighted with this spin choice.I also had the pleasure of reading … Continue reading So Big by Edna Ferber

Wharton Review

29 December 20152 July 2022 ~ Brona's Books ~ 1 Comment

January is Wharton Review month where we can come together to celebrate and enjoy the writings of and about Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton was born on the 24th January 1862 in New York City. She was the first women to win a Pulitzer prize for Literature in 1921 for Age of Innocence. She was also … Continue reading Wharton Review

Classics Club Spin #11

4 December 20152 July 2022 ~ Brona's Books ~ 15 Comments

It's time once again to embrace all things spin-ish in the world of classic reading. The Classics Club has announced #ccspin 11. The lucky spin number will be drawn on Monday 7th December. Simply read the book spun up for you by the 1st February 2016 and link your review back to the club. Easy … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #11

A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler

28 October 2015 ~ Brona's Books ~ Leave a comment

I've been reading these short stories since my holiday in Vietnam at Easter.I have thoroughly enjoyed each one, so I have no idea why it has taken me son long to get through this book.Actually, yes, I do.It's the font and the paper.My edition of A Good Scent from A Strange Mountain came from an … Continue reading A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler

Gone With the Wind – Final Post

23 August 201514 April 2021 ~ Brona's Books ~ 11 Comments

Phew! We made it. After two months of all things Scarlett and Southern sentiment it is time to draw the curtains and dim the lights on the O'Hara's and the Confederacy. Rereading Gone With the Wind after twenty+ years was an unexpected treat. I was worried that it may have dated or that I may … Continue reading Gone With the Wind – Final Post

Gone With the Wind – check in

25 July 201514 April 2021 ~ Brona's Books ~ 3 Comments

So close...the end is in sight...only three chapters to go. But for now, this is the official check-in post for chapters 51-60 of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winning Gone With the Wind. The birth of Bonnie sees lots of changes occurring in the Butler household. Mammy has finally accepted Rhett and Rhett has been smitten … Continue reading Gone With the Wind – check in

Gone With the Wind – check in

27 June 201514 April 2021 ~ Brona's Books ~ 6 Comments

This is my Gone With the Wind check-in for chapters 31-40 for Corinne's GWTW Readalong. The start of Part Four sees Scarlett, Tara and the South trying to find their feet after the war. The hardships continue with heavy taxes, the fear of losing Tara and the death of Gerald. Scarlett moves to Atlanta, remarries, … Continue reading Gone With the Wind – check in

It’s Monday What Are You Reading?

22 June 2015 ~ Brona's Books ~ 12 Comments

I've been rather slack about keeping track of my reading lately.A big part of that is thanks to Corinne's Gone With the Wind readalong.GWTW is a reread for me and unlike my first read 20 years ago, where I raced through the story to see what happened, this read is far more leisurely and thoughtful. … Continue reading It’s Monday What Are You Reading?

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

18 June 2015 ~ Brona's Books ~ 14 Comments

If you've been wondering whether or not to tackle the chunkster that is this year's Pulitzer prize winning novel, hopefully the quote below will tempt you to jump right in.I've been reading All the Light We Cannot See since last week. It is an extraordinary story, so well told, so beautifully realised, but it did … Continue reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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