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Dec 11, 20221 min read
1035. Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, Women, Other
Have read this before, but tried to read it more seriously/critically, in view of the book group meeting later this week. Not really sure...
Sep 29, 20221 min read
1016. Audrey MaGee - The Colony
Book of the year for me, so far. Never heard of the author, got it out from the library as no.1015 above. Set on an island somewhere off...
Mar 11, 20221 min read
955. Sathnam Sanghera - Empireland
Very good, but difficult at times, maybe just as a mid-week read being busy at work. A kind of psycho-analysis of English culture and...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
934. Mary Paulson-Ellis - Emily Noble's Disgrace
This is very different, quite difficult and very good. A book about a boarding house in Portabello, Edinburgh, really throughout the 20th...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
908. Helen Lewis - Difficult Women
Sub-titled ‘A history of feminism in 11 fights’ this is very good, a mix of intelligent journalism and at times scholarly text. The...
Oct 3, 20151 min read
342. Joseph Conrad - Lord Jim
Had been meaning, not very actively, to re-read this for some time, partly to remind myself of the plot. It is actually very good. What...
Nov 21, 20141 min read
263. Charles Emmerson - 1913
Another birthday present; this one from Patrick Stephenson. This is a geographical/historical picture, city by major city, of the world...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
115. David Lodge - Out Of The Shelter
Aeroplane reading en route for Spain. Haven't read a David Lodge for years. Coming of age novel, apparently quite autobiographical, set...