Category Archives: Books
Chekhov, comfort reads and the crouching monster
A long overdue update on some books I’ve read and a play I’ve seen (yay! I’ve actually been to the theatre!) I saw Benedict Andrews’ adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters at the Young Vic. I’ve seen this play once before … Continue reading
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Tagged caitlin moran, Chekhov, jeeves, p.g. wodehouse, patrick hamilton, the slaves of solitude, Three Sisters
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Catching up
I didn’t really mean to let this blog go silent for so long. I’ve been desperate to write a post about the fantastic Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton for ages, but despite telling myself several times that I would sit … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Munro, graham greene, hangover square, john updike, paris review, patrick hamilton
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Recent reading and other bits of waffle
Two months is a long blogging holiday to take, even by my standards. In theory I should have had lots of time to do things like blogging because I’ve only been working part-time, but this hasn’t been the case. The … Continue reading
Reading notes
I can see this being a stuttery sort of post, as I haven’t blogged since December and so I’m out of practice. But I have finished reading a few books since then, and I know that thoughts about them will … Continue reading
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Tagged anita brookner, at the hairdresser's, ebooks, kindle, the coward's tale, vanessa gebbie
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