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July 26, 2020August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Stop Being Reasonable & The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

With regard to arguing with others about who we should be and […]

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April 1, 2020August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Whiteshift

Whiteshift, by Eric Kaufman, is an easy book to recommend you read, […]

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December 14, 2019December 14, 2019Reading

Books – Janesville. A premonition?

I’m reflecting on the aftermath of a UK election result that I, […]

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December 8, 2019August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Roadside Picnic & Beneath The World, A Sea

These two books, one old, one new, continue my lucky streak of […]

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June 19, 2019August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Landmarks & Postcapitalism

With the third book’s first draft completed and no more deadlines at […]

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May 19, 2019August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Sheltering Sky, The Damned United, The Raven Tower and Lanark

I’ve been busy finishing my third novel. While I was wrestling with […]

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February 22, 2019August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Blind Assassin

“In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It’s […]

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January 28, 2019August 4, 2021Reading

Books – All Among The Barley & The Gutter Prayer

1930’s rural England seen through the eyes of a troubled young girl […]

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December 1, 2018August 4, 2021Reading

Books – So Long, See You Tomorrow & Rosewater

I needed to step away from sff reading at least briefly, mix […]

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October 16, 2018August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Wake and Rotherweird

The Green Man figure from the folklore of numerous cultures and religions […]

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March 20, 2018August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Fifth Season & Nigerians In Space

As saddened by the whole Hugo ‘puppy’ bullshit as any right-thinking person […]

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December 22, 2017August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Southern Reach trilogy

I love Jeff Vandermeer’s work because I love HP Lovecraft’s work. But […]

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October 7, 2017August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Aurora and Ninefox Gambit

I’m reading a bit of sci-fi at the moment as I’m woefully […]

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September 19, 2017Reading

Books – Dark Tales

Dark Tales, by Shirley Jackson, is a hugely effective collection of short […]

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July 19, 2017August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Familiar Volume 1 & A Stranger In Olondria

“But preserve your mistrust of the page, for a book is a […]

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February 10, 2017August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Senlin Ascends & The Sudden Appearance of Hope

I do almost all my reading on the bus. Thus, my go-to […]

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January 7, 2017August 4, 2021Reading

Books – The Name of the Wind

“I was brilliant. Not just your run-of-the-mill brilliance either. I was extraordinarily […]

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December 22, 2016August 4, 2021Reading

Books – Beyond Redemption and Hunters & Collectors

In the last few weeks I’ve read two great books; both are […]

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November 28, 2016Reading

Books – The Buried Giant & The Quarantined City

Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant bolsters the list of fantasy genre writing […]

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September 18, 2016September 19, 2016Reading

Books – The Vorrh

Brian Catling’s The Vorrh is a very beautifully written book, with the […]

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Chicago World Fair
August 21, 2016Reading

Books – Against The Day

Where do I begin? While this is not my favourite book, it […]

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June 5, 2016Reading

Books – Jonathan Strange & Mr.Norrell

If the awards and critical acclaim have not steered you towards the […]

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March 26, 2016Reading

Books – The Violent Century

This is a story about superheroes in the second world war and […]

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Cliffe Fort Jetty
December 28, 2015Reading

Books – The Bone Clocks

The title of David Mitchell’s marvellous book almost fully encapsulates it, as […]

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The Children Act
August 28, 2015December 5, 2015Reading

Books – The Children Act

I’ve written here about my miserable realisation I wouldn’t read more than […]

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Hawk Helen MacDonald
August 19, 2015December 5, 2015Reading

Books – H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald has opened her soul, and unlike most of us, is […]

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Goldfinch
August 3, 2015December 5, 2015Reading

Books – The Goldfinch, The Liars’ Gospel

“if our secrets define us, as opposed to the face we show […]

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Girl with all the Gifts
June 19, 2015December 5, 2015Reading

Books – The Girl With All The Gifts

Minor spoilers regarding early part of novel ahead… I’ve not personally overdosed […]

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Tooze Deluge
June 13, 2015May 29, 2016Reading

Books – The Deluge

I’d been putting off trying to articulate my thoughts on Adam Tooze’s […]

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Quantum Thief Rajaniemi
March 20, 2015December 5, 2015Reading

Books – The Quantum Thief

This book has no right to be a debut.  It’s exhilarating, a […]

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