Other folk’s flowers
[Sticky post] Presents a description of the Reviews category on TheSupercargo website, together with associated sub-categories including Film reviews, Book reviews and my Reading Diary.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
From the Good Doctor to Antibes: books read in 2023
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2023. The first I completed was The Good Doctor, the last was Ett År Runt Antibes.
From Headstones through Time, These Days
A round-up of my reading this third quarter of 2023, from Ian Rankin’s A Heart Full of Headstones to Lucy Caldwell’s These Days.
Stephen King and the Stockholm Writers’ Festival
The middle weekend of August, I attended the Stockholm Writers’ Festival (SWF) for 2023. As luck would have it, I was at the same time reading my very first Stephen King book. The post I wrote from this happy confluence of events I published on the website of my writers’ group, Pens Around the World. … More…
Reading The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell by Gail Aldwin
A review of The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell, a parallell time mystery by Gail Aldwin, published by Bloodhound Books
From Londoners to The Incandescent Ones
A reading diary summing up the 14 titles I read in the 2nd quarter of the year, from Londoners to The Incandescent Ones, with reviews of some.
Juxtaposition and creativity
A photo essay about juxtaposition and creativity: sculptures of body parts in Rya skog nature reserve on Hisingen in Gothenburg.
From Station Eleven via the Wall
A reading diary summing up the 12 titles I read in the first quarter of the year and a brief review of 7 of them including Station Eleven.
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover – a review
A review of Coleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us – a romantic fiction about the complexity of emotional entanglements in abusive relationships.
To Juneau via Caiette – reading diary
I’m currently reading Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban and The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. Two books anchored in the same place.
Gothenburg Film Festival 2023
An overview of my Gothenburg Film Festival this year. Some films, some stories I saw and heard told; some theatres I visited.