As I suspect is true for many of us, I knew of Guernica mostly in relation to the incredibly powerful Picasso painting of the same name, and that it was a Basque town that had […]
Category: Book reviews
94. ‘The Professors House’ by Willa Cather
A completely new author for me, and one I’m thrilled to have stumbled across; I bought this at the rather wonderful Harry Hartog’s book shop and it is delightful. I’ve found myself reading a lot […]
93. ‘Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead
My second read from this author and it’s another stunner, as deeply traumatic to read as was ‘The Underground Railroad’ and while once again focusing attention on the appalling injustices and abuse suffered by black […]
92. ‘City of Girls’ by Elizabeth gilbert.
If you know me, you’ll know that ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ is right up there as one of my least liked books, and as a result, I haven’t read anything else from this author…until now! This […]
91. The Underground Railroad by colson whitehead
Without a doubt one of the most powerful books I have ever read. I was loaned this recently with the warning that it was unsettling, in fact deeply disturbing, and I pass these words on […]
90. ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig – on day 3 of quarantine
I had seen so many people reading this book that I bought it as a ‘plane’ read for my flight home to Australia – in fact as I write, I am on Day 3 of […]
89. ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy
I’m not reading this again – I have done so at least twice… although, if it doesn’t get snapped up, I may well keep it in reserve for re-reading during the compulsory fortnight of hotel […]
88. ‘The Story of the British Isles in 100 places’ by Neil Oliver
First published in 2018, this delightful book is not from Mum’s library, but it is certainly one that would have appealed to her enormously. Before her retirement from teaching, and before we lost my fabulous […]
87. ‘go set a watchman’ by harper lee… plus a copy of ‘mockingbird’
Back in April 2020, I reviewed and gifted forward Mum’s copy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Such a fine novel, first published in 1960 and one which firmly holds a place as a ‘must read’ […]
86. ‘the death zone’ by matt dickinson
A while ago I posted about the surprising quantity of mountaineering books I had found in Mum’s books, astonished to find so many volumes about a subject I had no idea she was interested in. […]
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