Some books are so brilliant, they’re difficult to put down. Sometimes the opposite is true, too. A novel can be so powerful that it can’t be rushed, so important that I need to… Continue reading
Pétronille by Amélie Nothomb (2014, translation by Alison Anderson) was this month’s reading choice for my book group. While her parents are Belgian, Nothomb was born in Japan but currently lives in Paris.… Continue reading
As my reading concentration is still decidedly lacy after recent current events, I thought I would try food as a lure, to lull me into a state of engaged calm, enabling me to… Continue reading
The steady rise of the far right since the financial crisis of 2008 has been one of the most frequent causes of my insomnia. I might not sleep any better, but I want… Continue reading
I feel a bit of a fraud writing about The Fall of the Stone City as it was one of those thankfully rare experiences which didn’t go at all well. Try as I might,… Continue reading
I’m afraid this review will be more ‘scanty’ than ‘Scandi’. It’s always more difficult to find time to write during the school holidays, but currently, I also have a poorly child struck down… Continue reading
Anne Enright’s The Green Road was picked as last month’s book choice for my book group. As it also tied in nicely with both our Around the World in 80 Books Reading… Continue reading
I hope you’re all enjoying your armchair travels as much as I am. In typical obsessive fashion I’ve been totally consumed by the places I’ve been reading my way through. Please holler at… Continue reading
