Jodi Picoult “Small Great Things”- book review
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Back to the Classics Challenge 2018
I don’t have to read them all… but the more the merrier 🙂 Continue reading Back to the Classics Challenge 2018
Kazuo Ishiguro “The Remains of a Day”- book review
I’d heard excellent things about this book, but even so, I wasn’t quite prepared to love it as much as I did. The setting of the novel is officially in the 1950s, but most of the action takes place in the main character’s memories – in the 1920s and 1930. Stevens, the butler in Darlington Hall, pays little attention to the Germanophile politics of the … Continue reading Kazuo Ishiguro “The Remains of a Day”- book review
Otegha Uwagba “Little Black Book” – book review
It’s quite short – it took me about an hour or less to read it.Â
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Wednesday Martin’s “Primates of Park Avenue” – book review
I know that I just published a reading list of things to read this winter and this book is demonstrably not on it. In my defense, I can only say that I felt in the mood for reading Wednesday Martin’s Primates of Park Avenue. You do have to be in the mood for it. I’m the kind of person who really enjoys watching Sex and … Continue reading Wednesday Martin’s “Primates of Park Avenue” – book review
Mary Beard’s SPQR – book review
It took me two years to finally read my chunky hardback copy (signed) of Mary Beard’s SPQR, but it was definitely worth it. Continue reading Mary Beard’s SPQR – book review
Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
Zadie Smith’s NW is a novel about three people who grew up in Willesden, North-West London. Continue reading Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
7 reasons why you should watch of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing
One of the most influential art documentaries ever made. Continue reading 7 reasons why you should watch of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing
Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s  Typhoon and Other Tales – a book review This short Oxford University Press edition includes four short stories by Joseph Conrad: Typhoon, Falk, Amy Foster and The Secret Sharer, and a very useful introduction. I loved it. I do not typically read shorter fiction, but these stories were incredibly satisfying in their sense of completeness and wholenesss as works of art. Nabokov once said in his Lectures … Continue reading Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
“The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry – book review
There’s been a lot of publicity surrounding Sarah Perry’s “The Essex Serpent “… Continue reading “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry – book review
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