Ian McEwan’s NUTSHELL
Of course I forgot to post this yesterday as part of my fourth in a very short series. And now …
Category Archives: Reviews & commentary
In preparation for end of year flurry of bookish posts …
You’ll notice my sidebar to the left <<< has a new image, of Sarah Drummond’s beautiful novel that came out this …
About to go to bed and remembered
I promised another book response today. Luckily, I had written some notes a couple of weeks ago for this very …
Reading catch up
So, I’m going to be honest here. I haven’t read anything on my Reading India list for months. But I …
Six Degrees of Separation – From Romeo & Juliet to The Night Guest
For my second #6Degrees chain, the starter book is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy if …
Reading update
How beautiful is this image? It’s a photograph by Chris Friel, you can see his work here. I’m thinking this …
True confessions
My Reading India is not going well. I finished the Mother Teresa book, it was VERY interesting, and readable and …
Been dragging my feet for a while now
Booker of Bookers, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children Here we are. I finished Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children a week or two ago. …
Read #1: The God of Small Things
I finished my first Reading India book last night, Arundhati Roy’s first – and only – published novel, The God …
Reading plans for 2016 – the Year of Reading India
While I was in Ubud recently, I decided that next year will be my Year of Reading India. I plan …
Reading catch-up, almost end of 2015
But I will squeeze a few more books in by the end of the year. Last book I listed was …
5 influential books
Culture Street asked me to write about five books that influenced me, including one from childhood. This was a fantastic …
The Fishermen, by Chigozie Obioma
Book 42: I finished this earlier today and did so with tears in my eyes. None rolled, but they were …
The Secret Son, review in The Australian newspaper
Was very happy to see this review of The Secret Son (alongside Leah Kaminsky’s first novel The Waiting Room) in …
QUICKSAND Steve Toltz
Let me say first, I have A Fraction of a Whole, I’ve had it for years, but I haven’t read …
FALLEN
Today’s post is dedicated to the 22nd book I’ve read this year, Fallen, a memoir, by Rochelle Siemienowicz (HURRAH, that is the …
Not a review – UNDER THE SKIN by Michel Faber
Well, my first book is read for 2015. Started it yesterday, finished it today (but before that had read a couple …
Not a review: books of strange, new things
For my final book post for the year, I have chosen recent local fiction (plus one non-local interloper) to present. …
Not a review, on How to Be Both by Ali Smith
This year I’ve tested out a couple of book clubs, run by local bookshops. I have a fairly non-existent history with …
Catch-up post: what I’ve been reading
I want to share my thoughts on three recent reads.These are selected because I very much liked the first two, …
The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton
Is it possible for a book of 800+ pages to make you wait more than 500 pages for some feeling …
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
It’s a big image for a big book. I loved everything about The Goldfinch and for me it was the …
Some small thoughts on Wrecked, by Charlotte Roche
I have a note here I made a year or so ago while reading Charlotte Roche’s Wrecked. Like her other …
Not a review – The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
I’ve been avoiding The Luminaries (I will get back to it, I will) by re-reading The Little Friend, and then …
Tim Winton’s latest, EYRIE
Well, I devoured it, it would be fair to say. It took me about the same amount of time to …
Not a review, on Don DeLillo’s COSMOPOLIS
This is an old not-review that I blogged elsewhere. Apologies if it’s sweary, I do get a little more earthy …
BOOK REVIEW: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
I was in a pool in Bali earlier this month and had just read the opening pages of Questions of …
A not-review of Jill Stark’s HIGH SOBRIETY
I was going to be very clever with this. I thought to use a 12-step framework to present the review. …
Not a Review: Most exciting read for a long time
Currently in the second half of May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes. Have struggled to lose myself in novels …
Notes on a Scandal, part 1
Jumping the gun here because I haven’t finished reading this yet BUT I just had to mark my enjoyment of …
House of Sticks by Peggy Frew
I really enjoyed House of Sticks. It’s about a mother who has put aside her music career to look after …
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
I was going to write only a few of paragraphs on this because I want this wordpress space to …
The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
I read two books last week and this 2012 Man Booker short-listed novel was one of them. The main character, …
