I keep seeing these articles popping up about the place, regarding how to read more. Which is obviously attractive to any bookish sort, because there are so many books and we have so little time in which to read them all. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to be able to read less, although my…
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Kazuo Ishiguru’s Never Let Me Go, & How To Traumatise Your Friends
Having talked about Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale last week, I (of course) didn’t start reading either Fahrenheit 451 or 1984, even though I have the one on my shelf and the other on my Kindle. Of course not. After all, one needs a small break from contemplating how close humanity is to doing something…
Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale, & Unsettling Reads
I think it’s fair to say that, over the past few (or ten) years, my tastes have moved from darker, more dystopian books to things that are, shall we say, a little lighter. From China Mieville and Clive Barker to Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street series and John Connolly’s Samuel Johnson books. Which isn’t…
I’ve Never Seen the Princess Bride – But I Read It…
So, I have a confession to make. *removes all throw-able objects from the immediate vicinity* I’ve never seen The Princess Bride. Until this month, I’d never even read it. *ducks* *checks if it’s safe* *creeps back out* Now, you may or may not know that a few other authors and I set up a lovely…
The Joys & Difficulties of Books in Dialect
A new book chat video regarding reading books in dialect in which, for no reason I can understand, I suddenly transform into an elderly farmer-pirate, and never quite recover. In my defence, the cat did manage to convince me that it was 6 a.m. rather than 5 a.m. when she woke me this morning, so…