Strategies strained and tactics dodgy: a reading diary
Strategies and tactics I employed to keep my reading resolution last year – and a review of some of the books I read in the last quarter of 2020
Book Review
This book review page collects all the blog posts I have categorised as book reviews.
The successfully organised and bulleted writer
Successfully organised and bulleted- that’s how I feel now at the end of 2020, thanks to The Bullet Journal Method and The Organised Writer.
Bringing up the Bodies from Wolf Hall
Bring up the Bodies from Wolf Hall: a discussion of point of view in Hilary Mantel’s fantastic trilogy, and a discussion of character names.
Selected Poems In Flanders Fields – two reviews
A sort of review of Selected Poems of Robert Graves and In Flanders Fields, two books I’ve been reading in tandem since the weekedn fo 11th November 2018.
From Reality to Espedair Street – a reading diary
From Reality to Espedair Street – a reading diary covering the period from mid-August to the end of September 2018: 4 titles reviewed, 4 more touched on.
Somebody Faraway Nearby
A book review of The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit and Somebody That I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell, two books read in parallel.
From Dunstan to Apex – a reading diary entry
From Dunstan to Apex – a reading diary entry with reviews of six or seven novels (depending how you count) and links to a half-a-dozen more.
Factfulness – things are better than you think – a book review
Factfulness: Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think – an uplifting book in depressing times
Dunstan by Conn Iggulden – a review
Dunstan (2017) by Conn Iggulden, a review of the historical novel and some ruminating on the the workings of the creative imagination.
I am reading The Lucky Galah and Händelser vid Vattnet
I am reading The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen and Kerstin Ekman’s Händelser vid Vattnet. More on the joys of reading two very different books in tandem.