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2020

Revisiting a wonderful book on the genius of Shostakovich @BehemothMusic @NottingHillEdsoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2020
“Soon after the fifth workman had fallen through the ceiling…” #janecarlyle #theaholme @persephone booksoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2020
“As you walk around Paris do not take space for granted.” @_CopyPress #michaelschwaboriginal ↗
30 Mar 2020
“The power of good and truthful writing…” @OxUniPress @ViragoBooksoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2020
A fabulous rediscovered Russian author over @ShinyNewBooks @RusLibrary @Bryan_S_Koriginal ↗
24 Mar 2020
“… a 688-page punishment beating.” @i_am_mill_i_am #yearofreadingdangerouslyoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2020
Sontag, Barthes and the hybrid novel #rolandbarthes #susan sontag #thislittleart @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2020
“…under a shower of bird notes” – some thoughts on R.S. Thomas #dewithonoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2020
On My Book Table…6 – a bit of a shuffle!original ↗
15 Mar 2020
“Nothing but cliches, cliches everywhere….” @seagullbooksoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2020
Fragments of correspondence from a master #proustoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2020
“Humankind is becoming dry and brittle.” #Nagasaki @BelgraviaB #EricFayeoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020
This Little Art and Entertaining Ideas – a Coda… #katebriggs @SharonKivlandoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2020
Fourteen days of fun! :D #fitzcarraldofortnight @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2020
“… a kind of catch or halt or temporary immobilization in the run of culture.” #fitzcarraldofortnight #katebriggs #thislittleart @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2020
A sublime account of some pioneering womens’ lives over @ShinyNewBooks #squarehaunting @francescawade @FaberBooksoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2020
“I want obliquity…” #fitzcarraldofortnight @FitzcarraldoEds @briangdillonoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2020
“….the shadows moved, and nothing fitted together any more…” #fitzcarraldofortnight @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2020
#fitzcarraldofortnight – a look back at some previous reads during my Fitzcarraldo journey! @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2020
A new translation of a prescient dystopian book – over @ShinyNewBooks #kallocain @classicpenguins @DavidWMcDufforiginal ↗
20 Feb 2020
“… the unity of the human and the divine” #fitzcarraldofortnight @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2020
Launching Fitzcarraldo Editions Fortnight – let the reading begin! @FitzcarraldoEds #fitzcarraldofortnightoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2020
On My Book Table…5 – too many books!!original ↗
14 Feb 2020
“The borders of reality had reconfigured…” #yearofthemonkey #pattismithoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2020
A rare disappointment…original ↗
8 Feb 2020
Sharing my love of Larkin and James over @ShinyNewBooks! :Doriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
Tackling mortality the Russian way…. @pushkinpress #tolstoy #borisdralyukoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
An influx of Russians! @pushkinpress #gogol #tolstoy #oliverready #borisdralyukoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2020
“A light without a shadow generates an emotion without reserve” #mythologies #rolandbarthesoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2020
Voices of the disenfranchised @nyrbclassics #julioramonribeyrooriginal ↗
28 Jan 2020
Dispatches from the cold north east @commapress #thebookofnewcastleoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2020
A thoughtful collection of tales from Stanislaw Lem – up @shinynewbooks today! :Doriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
“….readability is intelligence.” #somewherebecomingrain #philiplarkinoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2020
“When completely dead to the world I expect to see it all perfectly” #alasdairgrayoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2020
A journey into the past… #Labels #EvelynWaughoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2020
A new challenge for February – FitzCarraldo Editions Fortnight! :D @FitzcarraldoEds #fitzcarraldofortnightoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020
“The dead are the imagination of the living” – meditations from John Bergeroriginal ↗
9 Jan 2020
2020 – will there be challenges???? ;Doriginal ↗
6 Jan 2020
“Every thinking person nowadays is stiff with fright” – #Orwell on Truthoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2020
Here comes 2020! (well, almost…)original ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

2019 in books – *why* do I find it hard to pick favourites?? :Doriginal ↗
31 Dec 2019
Festive incomings at the Ramblings!original ↗
27 Dec 2019
Christmas greetings from the Ramblings!original ↗
24 Dec 2019
On My Book Table… 4 – decisions, decisions!original ↗
22 Dec 2019
“Words possess the power to change reality” @TeamRedCircleoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2019
Dark deeds, Russian Imperial fortunes and murder – seasonal joy from @BL_publishing @medwardsbooks #BLCCoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2019
“”…frayed, ragged, blurred and indistinct.” #JohnCowperPowys #MichaelWalmeroriginal ↗
12 Dec 2019
Frantic jealousy and crimes of passion! #MichaelWalmer #MarieBellocLowndesoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2019
Scientifically dabbling detection! @BL_publishing @medwardsbooks #BLCCoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2019
“Why aren’t they screaming?” – exploring the late poetry of Philip Larkin #highwindows @faberbooksoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2019
Loving London, bookish wanderings and catching up with an old friend!original ↗
1 Dec 2019
Three Things #6 …… difficult reading, documentaries (again!) and dancingoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2019
A perfect blend of words and images #johnberger @selcukparis @NottingHillEdsoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
Exploring Weimar Berlin with a readalong for #germanlitmonth – in which I jump ship…original ↗
23 Nov 2019
It begins and ends with a letter… #gogol #thegovernmentinspector @almaclassicsoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2019
“…. brutal, like the smash of a fist….” #elizabethhardwick #sylviaplath @NYRBClassicsoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2019
Exploring Weimar Berlin with a readalong for #germanlitmonth – Week 2original ↗
16 Nov 2019
Thrilling tales of derring-do for #RLSDay :Doriginal ↗
13 Nov 2019
“…navigational gifts for the safety of all…” #lighthouses @PenguinUKBooks #TomNancollas #nonfictionNovemberoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2019
Exploring Weimar Berlin with a readalong for #germanlitmonth – Week 1original ↗
9 Nov 2019
Devious dealings and double lives! #georgebellairs @BL_publishing @medwardsbooksoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2019
A complex study of the morality of survival @ShinyNewBooks @classicpenguinsoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2019
Spacehoppers, David Bowie and Jeremy Clarkson – the wonderful world of Brian Bilston! @brian_bilstonoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2019
Short and deeply unsettling…. @mjohnharrison @nightjarpress #doeleaoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2019
“Dogs are better than cats” (Miranda Hart) @NottingHillEds #ondogsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2019
Coming in six month’s time – a very special reading club! :Doriginal ↗
24 Oct 2019
On My Book Table… 3 – an update!original ↗
23 Oct 2019
#1930Club – what a week and what a year! :Doriginal ↗
21 Oct 2019
#1930Club – “But mostly U.S.A. is the speech of the people.”original ↗
20 Oct 2019
#1930Club – The Poetry Edition…original ↗
19 Oct 2019
#1930Club – “… a mechanism tuned to kill…” @BL_Publishing #JohnDicksonCarroriginal ↗
18 Oct 2019
#1930Club – Mr. Kaggsy considers a novella by a sometimes controversial author…original ↗
17 Oct 2019
#1930Club – some previous reads!original ↗
16 Oct 2019
#1930Club – a great writer contemplates being poorly… ;Doriginal ↗
15 Oct 2019
#1930Club – starting off the week with the Queen of Crime!original ↗
14 Oct 2019
On My Book Table… 2 – The Chunksters…original ↗
11 Oct 2019
“A Plague is a formidable Enemy, and is arm’d with Terrors…” @i_am_mill_i_am @BacklistedPod #journaloftheplagueyear #defoeoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2019
Taking your life in your hands… @FitcarraldoEds @CritchleyUpdateoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2019
“….justice, such a rare commodity these days….” @glagoslavoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2019
Looking ahead – to the past? ;D #1930Cluboriginal ↗
28 Sept 2019
“Teasing makes time trip up.” @NottingHillEds #johnbergeroriginal ↗
26 Sept 2019
Nautical mysteries and watery graves @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooksoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
Books and fun – locally!! 😁 #thomasbernhard #simonarmitage #mishima @i_am_mill_i_am @NottingHillEdsoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2019
Portrait of an oblivious man @ShinyNewBooks @KateHandheldoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2019
On My Book Table… 1original ↗
17 Sept 2019
“.. the strange codes passing back and forth between audience and stage…” @pawboy2 @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2019
Taking on the Machine Age – a wonderful collection over @ShinyNewBooks @PeterOwenPubsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2019
Russian art, blogging buddies, an old friend and books…original ↗
8 Sept 2019
“All committees are clay in the hands of determined men who fix agendas” #JLCarroriginal ↗
7 Sept 2019
“What’s the difference between a word and a sigh?” #marcchagalloriginal ↗
4 Sept 2019
Summer’s End…original ↗
1 Sept 2019
An unimmaculate conception… @PushkinPressoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2019
“…the future’s uncertain and the end is always near…” @BL_Publishing #murieljaeger #sciencefictionclassicsoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2019
“….we have to live and not dream about anything.” @PushkinPress @Bryan_S_K #WITMonth @ReadWIT @Biblibiooriginal ↗
23 Aug 2019
Melodrama on’t moors….. #AllViragoAllAugust #VitaSackvilleWestoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2019
“An eternal vagabond of life and the idea” #victorserge @nyrbclassicsoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2019
Reflections in a camera lens @FitzcarraldoEds #vivianmaier #WITMonth @ReadWIT @Biblibiooriginal ↗
13 Aug 2019
“There is courage in concrete” #minnettedesilva #lecorbusier #plasticemotions @influxpress @kitcaless @blimundaseyesoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2019
… in which I (mostly) resist the bookshops of Leicester! :Doriginal ↗
7 Aug 2019
The original ‘beach read’? :D #JaneAusten #Sanditon @OWC_Oxfordoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2019
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