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
Reading diary
This page collects all my Reading diary posts. Most are a series of short reviews of the books I’ve been reading, but some are otherwise.
Historical fiction by Warlight: The Moon’s Account
Historical fiction in the third quarter of 2020 – a reading diary entry covering four historical novels and a three other books.
Fat books take longer to read – a reading diary entry
Fat books take longer to read, disrupting your reading resolutions – but they can be glorious: a reading diary entry. White Teeth and Wolf Hall.
M-m-my corona reading – a reading diary entry
My corona reading – about the 7 books I read in February and March, bringing to 14 the number of books read in the first quarter of 2020
How stories work, and stories that don’t
How stories work – my reading diary entry for Feb 2020: 7 books read so far, 4 novels, 1 anthology, 1 self-help book and 1 guide to writing.
2019 looking back – a reading diary
Briefly reviews the 50-odd books I managed to complete reading during 2019 (with mention of one book I couldn’t finish).
All the books I read 2019
A list of all the 50+ books I read 2019 together with their authors and links to authors’ websites or similar
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.
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.