Books in which setting is character, plot and mood
Some books are all about character, while others depend on their plot. Then there is another type of book altogether…
I’ll read anything written by my favourite authors … even if it’s a book about footy
In my mind, my favourite writers are organised in a heirarchy of how desperately I will try to get my…
I wonder if Geek Love would have survived cancel culture
I have to admit that I felt more than a little uneasy reading Katherine Dunn’s cult classic, Geek Love ……
Book review: A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
I listened to A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler on audiobook and it I think I enjoyed it…
The battle of the bookshelves
There are a lot of reasons to disagree at the moment. We can argue endlessly about the advantages and disadvantages…
Book review: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Can you enjoy a book that disturbs you and frighten you? Who am I kidding, I love a book that…
You can’t judge a book by its review
The last book I read was fabulous. Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women shocked me, and moved me, and changed me. When…
Book review: The Plains by Gerald Murnane
It’s rare to encounter a book that is so far removed from anything else you have read. But that was…
Book review: Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
It took me a while to get to The Dictionary of Lost Words, after hearing rave reviews about it, and…
Why I’m Stocking My Bookshelf with Books I’ve Already Read
I visited the charity shop earlier in the week and was thrilled to find Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies,…
