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Dec 24, 20221 min read
1037. James Shapiro - 1599
This is not the sort of book I would normally read. The title is misleading, it is not biographical at all, but a year of events and...
Jul 2, 20211 min read
874. David Nicholls - Sweet Sorrow
Quite enjoyed this; had heard it on the radio a year or two ago. A first love story, loosely structured around 'Romeo and Juliet' which...
Apr 17, 20211 min read
856. Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet
I enjoyed this, particularly the last quarter after the boy’s death, but struggled with the early chapters where there were (for me) too...
Jul 29, 20201 min read
802. Emma Smith - This Is Shakespeare
This is one of Paddy’s and very good. Emma Smith is an Oxford Professor but this book really tries to demystify Shakespeare, and...
Sep 5, 20191 min read
710. David Nichols - Sweet Sorrow
Quite good. I had heard bits on the Radio 4 book of the week slot a month or so ago. A young, class-crossed love story set against the...
Jan 11, 20191 min read
649. George Steiner - Tolstoy Or Dostoevsky
I have been meaning to read this for years, but thought I should read more Dostoyevsky first. Steiner wrote this in his late 20’s and his...
Sep 28, 20181 min read
628. Kate Atkinson - Started Early, Took My Dog
This last of the Jackson Brodies’ restored my faith in Kate Atkinson after the disappointing 625. This is a brilliant book, clever,...
Jul 7, 20161 min read
417. Paul Torday - The Death Of An Owl
Yet another via P as I can’t choose books for myself at the moment. This, sadly, was completed by his son as Torday died just before it...