Reviews 

A serious and classic novel in response to the above thoughts; I am not sure if I have read this before, although we bought it in 1978!...

I am reading these in chronological order as I find the complete works pretty un-navigable on my kindle. I have read this before, but...

I have tried (I don’t think successfully) to read this is the past, but it is brilliant. The themes are all Henry James, but the cultural...

I found this quite hard work, but ultimately probably enjoyed it. Emma is a prototype unreliable narrator (although not the narrator in...

Tried to read this, I think 5 years ago at Stuart’s in Spain, but gave up. These 19th century novels are incredibly long, but I got to...

After my dismissive comment at no.429 above, I thought I should re- read Amis (I think this is the only book of his I have ever read,...

Barbie now comes into focus. The whole thing is quite brilliant and I am amazed that he is not better known as a writer, and how long it...

Another book unread (by me) since May 1977, when we bought it. I couldn’t (quite) get into it; it was good in parts, but the narrative...

This is a lot easier than Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky; a quite light social comedy on the surface, although the central figure Bazarov...

I am not sure that (if ever) I have read this since 1976 (when it is signed as a Xmas present for P). It is quite hard going, but pretty...

I always try to take one big, difficult book on holiday, and am not a fan of Dickens, but persevere. Fairly typical of what I dislike...

Book of the year so far. A real helicopter view of homo sapiens starting pretty well with the science and biology, ending with cyborgs...

Chose a long serious(?) book after all the Håkan Nessers, although it is hard work to read a book this long when not on holiday. Did I...

This is a long and at times difficult book — quite different from no.187 in its breadth and a huge range of characters. Very difficult at...

Don’t know what prompted me to re-read this. It is very short, and I wasn’t feeling well when I read it and wrote the above. It is...

Journalist/ex tax inspector exposes the complicity between modern governments, capital and multinationals re tax avoidance, tax...

Trying to read some old books, preferably in paper, before we fly off to Spain. I enjoyed this more than I expected; the key bit of...

Pretty long, 10 days to read although it is January, and we have D+Z back from Australia. Plus, lots of snow (which hasn't interrupted...