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Category: Books

  • Book Round-Up for 2009

    I read 135 books in 2009, much less than the previous two years (183 and 173 respectively). I’m not sure why the numbers have dropped so much – I definitely read less in the second half of 2009 than I have in previous years, and I was less careful in keeping track of what I…

  • Oranges

    I went down to some disused train tracks this afternoon to have my photo taken with the choir I’ve been singing with for the past few weeks. We must have looked a bit odd, wandering along beside the road with our orange silk scarves blowing in the breeze. I watched the photographer’s equipment with some…

  • The last words

    I am reaching the last few discs of Possession, which is a sad realisation. I don’t want this story to end. I read in the same way that Randolph does – he writes in a letter to Christabel: “I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial…

  • Watching, reading

    I am watching The Incredible Hulk, without a great deal of attention – partly because it’s not a very good movie, and partly because I much preferred Eric Bana as Hulk. I know most people thought that movie was far too long and faux-arty, but I liked it. I like the origin story more than…

  • On the bedside table

    The pile that’s living beside the bed this week, consisting of two excellent non-fiction book (on how our brains interpret music, which is complicated, and how our brains work while reading, which is utterly fascinating); one trashy fantasy which I’ve stopped reading (Red Gloves, the name of the main character and a clue as to…

  • The Week in Books

    This week’s books were a mixed bag.  I finished the excellent When Will There Be Good News, a Christmas present, polished off a mediocre audio book, From Dead to Worse, and had a couple of books from the library –  the terrible Hold Tight, and the decent Origin in Death. Hold Tight is the first…

  • Book Round-Up for 2008

    In 2007, I read 173 books. I was aiming, in a vague sort of way, for a total of 200 books in 2008 (just for the pleasure of the round number). However, I didn’t quite make it – instead I read 183 books in 2008, including audio books. Best Nostalgic Journey I start re-reading the…