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.
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.
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.
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.
At the sign of the Alchemist – a reading diary
At the sign of the Alchemist – a new Reading Diary entry: reading strategies, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Yarden by Kristian Lundberg, White Trash Nancy Isenberg. And two double macchiatos.
A farewell to Ursula K Le Guin 1929-2018
I woke this morning to sad news: Ursula K Le Guin has died. She was 88 says The Guardian. Earthsea The first of her books I read was A Wizard of Earthsea. I was perhaps 12 or 13. I heard someone read it aloud on BBC’s Jackanory then bought it for pocket money in the … More…