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Book review: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A literary masterpiece about the power of a literary masterpiece

Shoot the Poets Books Leave a comment 29th Mar 202018th Aug 2020 3 Minutes

Book review: Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

A snapshot of a city on the road to fascism

Shoot the Poets Books Leave a comment 10th Mar 202018th Aug 2020 2 Minutes

Book review: Normal People by Sally Rooney

An achingly realistic portrayal of a relationship

Shoot the Poets Books Leave a comment 5th Feb 202018th Aug 2020 2 Minutes

Book review: Playing to the Gallery by Grayson Perry

A guide to contemporary art that doesn’t treat you like a dummy

Shoot the Poets Books Leave a comment 1st Feb 202018th Aug 2020 2 Minutes

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!).

Shoot the Poets Books 2 Comments 21st Dec 20194th Feb 2020 8 Minutes

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!).

Shoot the Poets Books 2 Comments 31st Aug 20197th Oct 2019 8 Minutes

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

Shoot the Poets Books 5 Comments 8th Jul 20198th Jul 2019 9 Minutes

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

Shoot the Poets Books 9 Comments 13th Apr 201913th Apr 2020 10 Minutes

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