A Joyful Night with Jenny Éclair in Leeds
A Joyful Night with Jenny Éclair in Leeds I don’t often blog about anything other than books these days. I’m not sure why. It’s not that I don’t do anything; I must do something, surely. Perhaps I’m just not convinced that anyone else is terribly interested in reading about my Monday rehearsals with Saints’ Singers […]
Book Review on Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Book Review on Butter by Asako Yuzuki I am writing this review and questions in preparation for my book club tomorrow. Our choice is Butter (バター (Batā)) by Asako Yuzuki. Well, actually, I chose it, so I feel rather responsible for how it goes down tomorrow. It was recommended by my daughters, who are both […]
Book Review on Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child
Book Review on Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child I love Doris Lessing. The Golden Notebook is the title I always quote as my all-time favourite read. I have read it four times and each time it mesmerises me with its insight and hugely relatable characterisation of women. The social context I am less familiar with, […]
Book Review of Nicola Sturgeon’s Frankly
Book Review of Nicola Sturgeon’s Frankly I’ll be honest, I don’t know much about politics beyond a very basic, values-based approach, which is slightly left of centre. I don’t support Scottish independence, and I don’t have anything against the Scottish Labour Party. Yet, despite these things, I’ve always been a big fan of Nicola Sturgeon. […]
Book Review of The Lido by Libby Page
Book Review of The Lido by Libby Page This was another book I read because it was a book club choice. It had been selected by a good friend from my book club, so I was very pleased to be able to report favourably on it both to my main book club and to an […]
Book Review of Sarah Winman’s A Year of Marvellous Ways
Book Review of Sarah Winman’s A Year of Marvellous Ways A Year of Marvellous Ways is Sarah Winman’s second novel, published after her much-loved debut When God Was a Rabbit (review here) and before the heartbreaking Tin Man (review here) and the sprawling and luminous Still Life (review here). Looking back across her writing I […]