From Cold Comfort to a Swim in a Pond – books read in 2024
My annual round up of all the books I read in 2024, from Cold Comfort Farm to A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
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How Can You Read Poetry?
How do you read poetry? I’ve recently been wrestling with this, a question that came up unexpectedly. Here’s the strategy I’ve found.
From the Good Doctor to Antibes: books read in 2023
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2023. The first I completed was The Good Doctor, the last was Ett År Runt Antibes.
From Station Eleven via the Wall
A reading diary summing up the 12 titles I read in the first quarter of the year and a brief review of 7 of them including Station Eleven.
To Juneau via Caiette – reading diary
I’m currently reading Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban and The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. Two books anchored in the same place.
From Gravel Heart to Simple Passion: books read in 2022
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2022. The first I completed was Gravel Heart, the last one was Simple Passion.
Wild Girls on the Salt Path
A reading diary update – a wild selection of brief salty reviews of 5 of the 14 titles I’ve completed reading this first quarter of 2022.
To Milkman from The Mirror: books read in 2021
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2021. The last one I completed was Milkman, the first was The Mirror and the Light.
Pilgrim, Riddly and setting free the turtles
A memory and a review of Riddly Walker, Turtle Diary and Pilgermann, ten years after the death of their author Russel Hoban.
All the great books I read in 2020
A list of all the books I completed reading during 2020 with links to my relevant blog posts, to the authors and to other people’s reviews.