Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
i read another book i probably wouldn’t read if i had self-respect
Tag: covid 19
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
i move thru 2021 like a dying ghost
Three Books, One Post
consistently reading more than i can blog (or do anything else)
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
forget the infamously sleazy page-and-a-half and enjoy!
Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler
an excellent short genre piece
Notes on Four Books I Read Months Ago
notes on four books i read earlier in the year
The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
a fun book but not a real one, y’know
Some Fragments of Incomplete Lockdown Blogs
Richard Wright in Franco’s Spain and other fragments
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
i eavesdrop on some people planning a big party night then go home and read nerdy fiction; bored
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
a blog from when the [first?] lockdown eased
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
accidentally read a right-wing novel; thoughts about returning to work mid-pandemic
Movements in European History by DH Lawrence
a mediocre history text then a pro-UBI, anti-“the Arts is special” rant
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
very little on the book, lots of rage at the slow quietening of June’s global protest movement
The Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter
to adapt is not to survive
the mirror and the light by hilary mantel
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
a blog post that fell apart so much i paused the blog for six weeks
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
hide the dfw; notes on craft & posthumous novels
the story of the lost child by elena ferrante
two and a half months ago i read an incredible novel
This Is Where I Get Off by KIRBY
great poetry, i whinge about lockdown innit
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
a lovely lockdown trip down the middle of the road
The break-up of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe by Ghita Ionescu
like a newspaper but a book… from 1965
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
truly one of the greatest recent works of fiction
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
reading the best of books in the worst of times
Triumph Of The Now 