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.
Book Review
This book review page collects all the blog posts I have categorised as book reviews.
Somebody faraway nearby that I used to know
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.
Reading on the rails – a reading diary entry
Reading on the rails – a reading diary entry with reviews of 3 novels and links to half-a-dozen more. Also more train references than anyone really needs.
Burning Angels by Bear Grylls – a review
The last, long weekend in April I spent quite a lot of my reading time in the company of Bear Grylls and his adventure novel Burning Angels. Oh dear.
White Trash by Nancy Isenberg – a book review
A review of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg which I read with great interest earlier in the month.
From Putin to Martin in 13 stages – a reading quarter
My quarterly reading round-up – all the books I’ve read in the first quarter of 2017 from Putin via Patti Smith and Jonas Hassan Khemiri to George RR Martin.