I confess that I still haven’t got round to reading Ann Patchett’s best known book Bel Canto but her recent works, including the book of essays, These Precious Days, have really made me love her, demonstrating as they do, the work of a writer who is covering the subjects close to her heart as she… Continue reading Whistler – Ann Patchett
Tag: novel
May reading round up
Well, I thought January was a long month but May seems to have gone on forever. Is it because I’ve read the longest novel I’ve ever read? Is it because work is difficult right now? Is it because there’s been lots going on outside work? Who knows. But here’s what I read this month anyway.… Continue reading May reading round up
Review: Waiting on a Friend – Natalie Adler
Where to start with this? If you’re in the market for a first person narration set during the AIDS crisis in New York, exploring grief, community and friendship but with a sprinkling of Ghostbusters, then you’re in luck. And even if you don’t think you’re in the market for this, I recommend it anyway. Waiting… Continue reading Review: Waiting on a Friend – Natalie Adler
April reading round up
I ended April with all the books I had on order at the library arriving at once, including one that’s been on order for months and has 1,460 pages. But here’s what I’ve got to this month before I start to tackle that… The Names – Florence Knapp This debut novel had A LOT of… Continue reading April reading round up
March reading round up
It’s been a stop start month for reading. I put two books down half read because they weren’t doing it for me. I bought a few books, I cleared a few out and sold them to World of Books. And it feels like a long time since I read the first two books in this… Continue reading March reading round up
January reading round up
When I was younger, a new year took a few weeks to get my head around; just writing it and thinking about it as the present felt odd and I would have to actively focus on writing the date correctly and so on. That doesn’t happen any more and here we are and it already… Continue reading January reading round up
Film review: Hamnet
October reading round up
Sometimes your reading all comes together in a theme and that’s what happened at the beginning of the month, with several books on the theme of place and belonging. Then it all got a bit random. Map Addict – Mike Parker I confess I bought this because a couple of years ago we went to… Continue reading October reading round up
September reading round up
I have a stack of non-fiction that really needs tackling. I buy non-fiction with good intentions and these books look interesting, about things I would like to learn of, and then I invariably choose something else to read. But this is silly so non-fiction autumn awaits. Or, at least, more non-fiction that I normally read.… Continue reading September reading round up
The rest of August reading round up
Following my glorious week’s holiday with seven books completed – you can read what I thought here – here’s what I read for the rest of the month. Mansfield Park – Jane Austen I haven’t read this for years. I read it in my first Austen phase, as an A level student, and remember it… Continue reading The rest of August reading round up
Susan E Barsby 