Wow! When I posted my review, I had no idea that it would trigger such a discussion - and a Dubliners forum. I wish I had time to be more active here... It looks like a really great discussion is going on here.

One of Ireland’s most famous and remarkable novelists and poets is James Joyce. He was an innovator of fiction writing and is known for his extensive as well as unprecedented use of stream of consciousness to tell his stories. Monumental works like ‘Ulysses’ and ‘Finnegans Wake’, that are considered...

I heard of Katherine Mansfield, but never got round to reading any of her stories, yet. Good to know that she's still remembered, read and appreciated.

I prefer paperbacks. They need less space so I can store more of them in my shelves. Besides, they are a bit too inflexible to my taste... and sometimes difficult to take along.

I enjoyed 'L'Élégance du hérisson' by Muriel Barbery very much.

Here's my latest book review: 'The Way to Paradise' by Mario Vargas Llosa In his biographical novel ‘The Way to Paradise’ the Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa displays the lives of the French trade unionist and early women’s rights activist Flora Tristán (7 April 1803 – 14...

I go to local bookshops and order a book only if I feel that it's a read that I long for desperately. As a matter of fact, my way of choosing books requires touching them, leafing them, smelling them, caressing them, opening them, reading a few passages - I'm a very intuitive person

As for me, I sort of created a web identity when I launched my blog (http://edith-lagraziana.blogspot.com) last December. Since then I'm using LaGraziana for all kinds of memberships and also the detail of a peacock butterfly as an avatar. Actually I picked the butterfly because its German name cont...

Thanks Chris! We'll see how much I can contribute to this site and its discussions... finding the time is always a bit of a problem these days

I don't think that it's really a question of right or wrong. There are two sides with very different points of view that got caught in a spiral of growing hatred and distrust... and nobody is ready to step out and start from zero, it seems. Both sides made mistakes and huge ones, but then I'm no exp...