Sarah is a mother of three, reader and blogger, and lives just outside England’s Peak District.
The photograph to the left was taken on a windy day, but as it happens I usually do look like this. (Although generally less monochrome.)
Most of the material I read falls into the broad category of literary fiction and, for the moment, I feel justified in describing myself as an eclectic reader. This is, however, no virtue, and stems from a mad quest to collect the scalps of as many individual writers as possible. Hasten the day when this unrestful obsession passes, permitting the selective identification of a few favourite authors with whom to become better acquainted.
For previous Sarahs see below. But, probably, one incarnation is ample.
Hello
I discovered your blog via Writers on Writing, and have added you to my Google Reader – I like your style!
Hi Lisa. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Strictly speaking a compliment. Always much appreciated!
[Added to original comment] By the way, I recognise your avatar. I have maybe seen you over at ANZ LitLovers. Nice to ‘meet’ you :)
Yes, indeed, ANZ LitLovers is my book blog, but WordPress in its wisdom links my name to my professional blog, LisaHillSchoolStuff!
Hi there, I’m a recent follower of your blog and I like what I’ve been reading so I’m giving you the One Lovely Blog Award!
http://bookedallweek.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/a-blog-award-and-a-heads-up/
Happy reading :)
Thanks for the award, Emily Jane. What a great way to connect bloggers :) I have been enjoying your blog too, particularly this outstanding post on Woolf.
Hi! I’ve recently started reading a whole lot more books, but now I’m running out of books to read. So by chance, I found your blog and you seem to read such a wide range of books! I was wondering if you could recommend some books for me to read. I’m 15, and I’ve already read some of the books you mention here, such as Norwegian Wood, Wolf Totem, Wolf Brother, Fahrenheit 451 (for my literature class), Watership Down, To Kill a Mockingbird. In turn I have a few books to recommend for you to read too! Books by Jodi Picoult and John Green, especially Looking for Alaska, are really good! i noticed you didn’t have any books by them mentioned here.
Hi Alicia. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. The books you mention having read are wonderfully diverse, so with such a well-developed taste you need never run out of good books to read! As far as recommendations go, Cormac McCarthy is the author I try to persuade everyone to read, although he is not to all tastes. You don’t mention any 19th century classics such as Austen, George Eliot, Dickens etc. Worth a go: novels from that period are a completely different experience to contemporary.
My best advice is to visit lots of book blogs, and see which books take your fancy. There are so many books, it can be hard to know where to go next, and I have found the book blogging community to a be a fantastic source of inspiration.
Thank you for your recommendations. I haven’t read any Jodi Picoult, although I feel that I should, and I confess to not having heard of John Green, but I will look him up now.
Just found from a “Hungry like the Woolf” roundup of favourite things – I’ll be adding you to my Google Reader!
Hi Yvann. Nice to meet you. Thanks for visiting and commenting. And thanks for the compliment!
Hello Sarah – I just found your blog. It is great. The layout and design are superb. I have been reading through some the commentaries and I really like your writing style as well as your choice of books. I will surely be returning to read more!
Thanks, Brian. I see that your blog is quite young, but you are off to an excellent (and erudite) start. Particularly enjoyed your post on Blood Meridian. I can never decide which is my favourite McCarthy, but that one comes close.
Thanks! Blood Meridian is the first McCarthy book that I have read. I cannot wait to try read more!