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.
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This book review page collects all the blog posts I have categorised as book reviews.
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.
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All the books I read in 2016 as I kept my New Year resolution. This article is Part 2 of 2. The second half of the year – but more books than in Part 1. I think I was getting into the swing of things. (Also re-reading which usually makes for a quicker read.)
All the books I read in 2016 as I kept my New Year resolution. This article is part 1 of 2 because I managed to read more than the 50 books that was my target, and I’ve got something to say something about each of them.
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New York Stories, the people who tell them.and the photographer who reports. A review of a photo-book that recently seduced me in a bookshop.
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In this instalment of my Reading Diary: how to begin a book, how to give it a chance, why giving up is an option – and an analysis of one book I gave up on.
Gifts, woods and broken roads – a review of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s trilogy of books about walking across Europe in 1933, and the allure of his story.
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Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty islands I have not visited and never will by Judith Schalansky – a review and an appreciation of a fascinating book.
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A review of John Cleese’s autobiography “So, Anyway” with a particular look at what he has to say about writing, script-writing and writing comedy.
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Dr Sacks is Oliver Sacks. This is a review of Oliver Sacks’ autobiography, On the Move. The focus is on his writing process, his swimming and a highly speculative meeting between Dr Sacks & John Cleese.
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A review of the book Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion by Celia Brayfield and Duncan Sprott published by Bloomsbury.
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