Some books really should be burned
Here’s a rare blog post. Right, that’s the first point. The second is that some books really should, actually, be burned. Really, that’s probably ok. You know how it is: […]
Tag Archives: literature
So help me god, I read Fifty Shades of Grey
I did. I know. I’m sorry. I couldn’t help myself. But I thought of you the whole time. I swear, I did. I’m nearly at the end of Fifty Shades […]
tenderhooligan does a little bit of literaryism
Ah, do you remember when I used to read all the time. I used to have about four books on the go at once. (It’s to do with a generally […]
Reading etc.
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The Interpretation of Murder – review
I mentioned elsewhere that I’d started to read The Interpretation of Murder because I felt like getting stuck into a whodunnit. Oh my life, I wish I hadn’t bothered. I […]
On Chesil Beach; Love Lies Bleeding – review
Oh, and I forgot to mention two other novels I’ve recently read. On Chesil Beach was a beautifully moving story of the wedding night of a young, innocent, virginal couple. […]
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules; The Lemon Table; England, England; Shampoo Planet – review
I can’t remember the last time I penned my thoughts about a book here, but I have been reading. Not as much as I like, for the constant exhaustion often […]
Bookshelf
Here be the twelve [very brief and disconnected] book reviews I’ve done on the Facebook bookshelf application. (It’s only the second application I’ve ever added on Facebook, I addition.) I’ll […]
The Water’s Lovely – review
I recently read a piece in the New Statesman that I disagreed with. It was entitled Magical Mystery Tour and argued that Ruth Rendell – ‘the mistress of the whodunnit’ […]
Oranges are not the only fruit – review
Jeanette Winterson is fast becoming my favourite author of the moment. Frankly, I thought The Passion was overrated and I couldn’t wait to be done with it, but I enjoyed […]
