Judith   Johnson

year in books

Judith Johnson’s Followers (100)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Christi...
2,544 books | 301 friends

Julie G
3,382 books | 728 friends

Thomas
6,176 books | 3,457 friends

William
653 books | 27 friends

Sandysb...
7,590 books | 2,640 friends

Debra
8,849 books | 4,428 friends

Maria E...
1,238 books | 121 friends

Majenta
2,762 books | 3,515 friends

More friends…

Judith Johnson

Goodreads Author


Member Since
August 2013


My Fantastic Five - Books I Love #10 : GerryWolstenholme

Picture
When my favourite item in the Waitrose Weekend paper (My Best Books) was chopped to just one book a week from five, I really missed it - I love to hear what other people rate their cherished reads, so I decided to start my own guest-blog along the same lines.
 
Thanks to Gerry Wolstenholme for No 10 in the series. Blackpool-born, he  attended Baines Grammar School before moving to London. He was a Read more of this blog post »
12 likes ·   •  1 comment  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on November 30, 2021 09:01
Average rating: 3.5 · 2 ratings · 1 review · 1 distinct work
Southborough War Memorial: ...

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Oh Miriam!: Stori...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Women of Troy
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Muslim Europe: A ...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Judith’s Recent Updates

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
"This was a wonderful book. It is the story of the Iliad, retold from the point of view of Brieses, Achilles' "prize," or battle trophy. It is the story of a woman captured and cast into slavery who bears eyewitness to the follies of men
Pat Barker won" Read more of this review »
Judith Johnson and 61 other people liked Linda's review of 84, Charing Cross Road:
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
"What a sweet, uplifting read! 84 Charing Cross Road is a booklover's book. It contains the 20-year correspondence between New York City scriptwriter Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, a London-based used and rare bookseller. Beginning in 1949, in response " Read more of this review »
Judith Johnson wants to read
Germany's Jewish Problem by Wieland Hoban
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judith Johnson is currently reading
Oh Miriam! by Miriam Margolyes
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judith Johnson and 6 other people liked Beth's review of Moon Tiger:
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
"Moon tiger was a coil of insect-repelling incense, common in the Middle East, that smouldered slowly on a small grate until only a circle of ash was left. Lively uses it as an allegory, acknowledging the power of smell to evoke ash-like memories of k" Read more of this review »
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?  Europe's Crisis and Amer... by Yanis Varoufakis
"I knew Varoufakis held leftist political views, and that he had expressed pro-Remain views, before reading this book. I was also aware that some pro-Brexit politicians had used this book to support their anti-EU stance, so I was not sure what to expe" Read more of this review »
Judith Johnson started reading
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judith Johnson wants to read
This Is an Uprising by Mark Engler
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judith Johnson wants to read
Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judith Johnson wants to read
Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Judith's books…
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mortimer J. Adler
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
Mortimer J. Adler

W.G. Sebald
“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

Louis de Bernières
“Money has no religion except itself.”
Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

Roger  Deakin
“To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed.”
Roger Deakin, Wildwood: A Journey through Trees

Comments (showing 1-3)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

message 3: by Lesle

Lesle Judith
Hello and thank you for the friends request.

I hope you and your family enjoy the Holidays!
Take care!


Majenta Hello, Judith! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! I hope you're having a good weekend and will have a good week ahead. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else.

Best wishes from Majenta


Majenta Hello, Judith! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! I hope you're having a good weekend and will have a good week ahead. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else.

Best wishes from Majenta


back to top