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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...
Aug 3, 20221 min read
1001. Janice Hallett - The Appeal
This, her first book, was brilliant but far too long I thought. The first three quarters is largely a set of email exchanges between...
Jul 31, 20211 min read
881. William Shakespeare - Hamlet
In anticipation of a trip to the theatre. I don’t read much Shakespeare, but really enjoyed this and found it compact and easy to read....
Aug 1, 20151 min read
325. Ed McBain - Romance
Needed something lighter, so reverted to a McBain. He is a very good writer; I had forgotten having read a few many years ago. Unusually,...
May 25, 20131 min read
108. William Shakespeare - Macbeth
Was aiming for 'Hamlet', but couldn't navigate the complete works. Read this as a play about order/disorder/order restored, and focussed...
Aug 2, 20121 min read
28. Oscar Wilde - The Importance Of Being Earnest
Read this as we are going to see it open-air next week. Just a vehicle for Wilde's wit with one-liners, but there is plenty of that. Get...
May 10, 20121 min read
8. William Shakespeare - King Lear
Haven't read this for about 40 years since studying it as an A-level set text. Found it surprisingly hard work; enjoyed it enormously at...