X by Davey Davis
it’s not hardcore super sex (or maybe it is?)
it’s not hardcore super sex (or maybe it is?)
great very short book that never gets *that* weird
the stories are short but the misogyny is loooooong
another doris lessing quintet concludes
a (perhaps accidental) anti-gossip tract
speculative short essay that proposes the historic existence of shame-free desire
very funny novelette from hipstertopia’s Open Pen
unambitious, uncomplex, wish it had been sexier
one of the best normal books you’ve never read
objectively brilliant, yes, but not not not so good for me?
latest chapbook from one of my favourite writers
a masterpiece of contemporary sonnetteering
an excellent anthology from friend of the blog broken sleep books
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
astounded by the brilliance of this mid-20th century arthurian novel
vampires don’t count as supernatural horror because they’re too sexy aha
repression at the end of the world
in early Jan I was quoted in the New Yorker and read a perfect novel
an excellent – near flawless – novel
an excellent novel; in footnotes my concluding thoughts on the TV series The Affair
interesting book of the legal history of removing literary censorship
read some great fiction for the first time in a while; still bored bored bored tho boohoo
part two of doris lessing’s sci-fi quintet
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
can’t stop reading / can’t start doing anything else
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
short stories about non-monogamous colonial types
descends into a rant about frottage
well, it’s a “classic” and now i’ve read it
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
a comfort: Gardner’s ignorance of affluence shows he never got rich from these terrible books
great poetry, i whinge about lockdown innit
truly one of the greatest recent works of fiction
a surprisingly great short novel that might be hateful
great book of pomes
a real dirty french novel
an essential contemporary memoir
powerful novel that should be better known
some naughty naughty monks
Are you done with the sofa, floor, kitchen table, baby?
a very very very good big book on WAR
feeling sad so read a sad book on abortion
a great, new, collection of short poems about love ‘n’ sex
it’s good though it’s very optimistic
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
rooney rooney
a good but simpler follow up to The Glorious Heresies