A literary masterpiece about the power of a literary masterpiece
Book review: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Tag: Reading Challenge
Book review: Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
A snapshot of a city on the road to fascism
Book review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
An achingly realistic portrayal of a relationship
Book review: Playing to the Gallery by Grayson Perry
A guide to contemporary art that doesn’t treat you like a dummy
My reading list 2019 [books 21 – 24] & analysis of the reading year
Every year I set myself a reading target – this year I am aiming for 24. In this regularly-updated post I’ll add each book I read as I finish it with a small review for anyone looking for some reading recommendations (or who wants to know what to avoid!).
My reading list 2019 [books 11-15]
Every year I set myself a reading target – this year I am aiming for 24. In this regularly-updated post I’ll add each book I read as I finish it with a small review for anyone looking for some reading recommendations (or who wants to know what to avoid!).
My reading list 2019 [books 6 – 10]
Every year I set myself a reading target - this year it's 24 books. This regularly-updated post will contain reviews of books 6-10 I read this year. So far: Samuel Beckett's Murphy, Elizabeth Day's The Party, Nora Ikstena's Soviet Milk, John Updike's Rabbit, Run and The Tango Singer by Tomás Eloy Martínez
My reading list 2019 [books 1 – 5]
Every year I set myself a reading target - this year it's 24 books. This post contains reviews of the first five books I read this year: Haruki Murakami's Killing Commendatore, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5, Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends, Jeff VanderMeer's Authority and David Keenan's This is Memorial Device
