The year is going so fast. I'm surprised I haven't written about books since July this year, but there's been a lot going on. I'd read my two books about Frederick the Great early on in preparation for Berlin, and have discussed them here. It was terrific background for our trip. As were the ones that I discuss here linked to Berlin and / or … [Read more...] about Books – August 2022 (Pre Berlin)
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Latest Books – July 2022
Still Life, Sarah Winman I quite enjoyed this although a little while after finishing it I couldn’t remember anything about it. Which is very unusual for me. Later memory returned without external assistance (i.e. looking it up) though it took a number of concentrated efforts. I liked the characters who were a diverse lot - soldier, art … [Read more...] about Latest Books – July 2022
Books Read – May June 2022
Bedtime Story, Chloe Hooper This is a beautifully written book, Michael McGurr called it 'Life stripped to its essentials'. It's in the form of a bedtime story to her five or six year old son. She's pondering how to tell him that his father has terminal cancer. This is Don Watson and there is a younger boy in the family. She intersperses … [Read more...] about Books Read – May June 2022
Books Read April 2022
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir, Marina Warner This was a gift, and I enjoyed it a lot. This author has written so many books - fiction, non-fiction, plays, essays, children's books and even a libretto. I've read something by her but can't remember what it is - maybe one of her books about fairy tales. She's interested in … [Read more...] about Books Read April 2022
March Reading
A quick post of the books I've read pre and post Covid; having dealt with my Covid reading (all Georgette Heyer) here. Not many but I want to deal with them before I embark on a Dostoevsky Odyssey! Maigret and the Dead Girl, Georges Simenon I bought and read this book because I saw the film of the same name, based on it, at this year's … [Read more...] about March Reading
More Georgette
I've had Covid - the omicron version I'm told. Not too bad, but on the second or third day of feeling bleugh I decided to read a Georgette Heyer novel. Better than sitting on the couch unable to concentrate on anything. I was hopeful of the same I discovered when I turned to them in lockdown last year, as I've written about in this blog here In … [Read more...] about More Georgette