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2019

An elegy for Russian poets – Khodasevich at @ShinyNewBooks @CoumbiaUP @Ruslibraryoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
August – a month where I *actually* undertake some challenges??? ;D @Read_WIT #AllViragoAllAugust @kitcaless @PushkinPress @Bryan_S_K @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
“With what face would we confront each other?” – Primo Levi’s Centenaryoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2019
Primo Levi – a few musingsoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2019
“Wild nature is a hiding place” #johnberger #confabulationsoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2019
A city on the cusp of change @glagoslav #iconoclasm #moscow #russiaoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2019
“Translators are people who read books for us.” @almabooks @TimParksauthororiginal ↗
20 Jul 2019
“…language the source of itself…” #tompickard @mordentower50original ↗
17 Jul 2019
The Wild North East – Morden Tower, Newcastle and its poetry #basilbunting #tompickard @bloodaxebooks @mordentower50original ↗
15 Jul 2019
Barnes on Books! A short digression…original ↗
13 Jul 2019
Penguin Moderns 25 and 26 – Left-field and kind of weird….original ↗
11 Jul 2019
Exploring modern Japanese literature with the Red Circle Minis @shinynewbooks @TeamRedCircleoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2019
Images of beauty and decay #mishima @classicpenguins #Japanoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2019
Like Dashiell Hammett on acid! #johnfranklinbardin #classiccrimeoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2019
“Selfies” on Shiny New Books! @shinynewbooks @LesFugitives #sylvieweiloriginal ↗
2 Jul 2019
The seamy side of pre-Revolutionary Paris @pushkinpress #OlivierBarde-Cabuçonoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2019
New Town antics in a world on the cusp of change @Medwardsbooks @BL_Publishing #georgebellairsoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2019
Travelling the world with the City Tales @shinynewbooks @OxUniPressoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2019
Books in and out – plus summer plans?? @richarddawkins #johnberger @i_am_mill_i_amoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2019
The art of the self-portrait @LesFugitives #sylvieweiloriginal ↗
20 Jun 2019
… the desperation that washes through me.” @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2019
A twisty tale – and is murder *ever* justified??? @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooksoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2019
The Houses of her Life #virginiawoolf @pimpernelpressoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2019
Tackling Tolstoy… again! @almaclassicsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2019
“Life is scary…” @nyrbclassics #borisdralyuk @xelafleming @ani_goes_tweetoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2019
Clearing the shelves – it’s time for a giveaway or two! :Doriginal ↗
2 Jun 2019
The compromises of love… #ninaberberova @mbs51original ↗
30 May 2019
“I have to pawn all my words…” @NewDirections @maryanncawsoriginal ↗
27 May 2019
Penguin Moderns 23 and 24 – Inspirational women writersoriginal ↗
23 May 2019
The blurred lens of history… #solovyovandlarionov #eugenevodolazkin @LizoksBooks @OneworldNewsoriginal ↗
20 May 2019
Tolstoy gets worked up (and not in a good way)… :(original ↗
17 May 2019
In praise of the old, fragile and crumbly (and their lost publishers…)original ↗
14 May 2019
True confessions… @PimpernelPress @BacklistedPod @RichardDawkins @OWC_Oxford @RusLibraryoriginal ↗
12 May 2019
In celebration of a seminal Beat figure @shinynewbooks @FaberBooks #Ferlinghettioriginal ↗
9 May 2019
An enterprising trip on the Trans-Siberian @Glagoslavoriginal ↗
7 May 2019
Erasing the line between literature and science @ajlees @NottingHillEdsoriginal ↗
3 May 2019
#1965Club – phew, what a week! And what year will we choose next? :Doriginal ↗
29 Apr 2019
#1965Club – a Kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy…original ↗
28 Apr 2019
#1965Club – golden age crime at a point of transition… @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooksoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2019
#1965Club – a delicate portrait of a relationshiporiginal ↗
26 Apr 2019
#1965 – dreamy drama and passion in academia…original ↗
25 Apr 2019
#1965Club – looking back at some previous reads…original ↗
24 Apr 2019
#1965Club – on the run in 1960s France #astragaloriginal ↗
23 Apr 2019
#1965Club – the unchanging nature of human beings…original ↗
22 Apr 2019
Who was changed and who was dead – some thoughts on Dostoevsky’s “The Devils” – @almaclassicsoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2019
If it’s London, there must be books…. @Foyles @secondshelfbks @JuddBooksoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2019
Counting down to 1965… #1965cluboriginal ↗
12 Apr 2019
A provocation – differing views on Venice: Part The Second…original ↗
10 Apr 2019
In which I get inordinately overexcited about some new releases… #mishima #penguinmodernsoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2019
“The Search for God” – #Devils #Dostoevskyoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2019
Stepping into Spring – dare we consider reading plans…? :Doriginal ↗
1 Apr 2019
Masks and illusions – differing views on Venice: Part The First…original ↗
29 Mar 2019
A rediscovered and prescient book…. @shinynewbooks @KateHandheldoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
Back to books! Plus a little bookish eye-candy…😉original ↗
23 Mar 2019
The story of the viral meme – not just grinning cats and dancing babies…. #richardclay @BBCFOUR @clearstoryuk @richarddawkinsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2019
“…all culture is a form of sign transformation…” – An interview with Professor Richard Clay – Part 2 #viral @BBCFOUR @clearstoryukoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2019
“…human stories of conflict and contestation…” – An interview with Professor Richard Clay – part 1 #viral @BBCFOUR @clearstoryukoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2019
The best way to change a person’s life…. @RobGMacfarlaneoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
“Every great book is tied…to the very matter of the life of its author” @nyrbclassics #Proust #Czapskioriginal ↗
9 Mar 2019
March on the Ramblings – upcoming documentary fun plus an @NYRBClassics event!original ↗
7 Mar 2019
“…to immerse yourself, to become possessed…” #elifbatuman #dostoevsky @bananakareninaoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2019
“They have loved reading”. @NottingHillEds #VirginiaWoolforiginal ↗
1 Mar 2019
“… One population will replace another in this world until the jig is up and the weeds cease to bloom.” #totheriver # olivialaingoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2019
A left-wing look at the French Revolution – and jokes! @mrmarksteeloriginal ↗
22 Feb 2019
Penguin Moderns 21 and 22 – Russians in exile and snippets of brilliance from a favourite authororiginal ↗
19 Feb 2019
Postcards from the Past @glagoslavoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2019
Three things… #5 – Revolutionary humour – plus swathes of poetryoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2019
“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly” – sharing my love of #Colette and her books!original ↗
9 Feb 2019
Penguin Moderns 19 and 20 – poetry and illusion…original ↗
6 Feb 2019
Arrivals and depatures – an update on the state of the book piles! :Doriginal ↗
3 Feb 2019
“I am a phantom built out of pain.” #olgatokarczuk @FitzcarraldoEdsoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019
Gratuitous book pictures – sharing my Beverley Nichols collection! :Doriginal ↗
29 Jan 2019
Crime in the Blackout @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks #BLCCoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2019
Following Owen Hatherley’s adventures over at Shiny New Books! @shinynewbooks @owenhatherley @RepeaterBooksoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2019
Penguin Moderns 17 and 18 – Picking up the reins again!original ↗
18 Jan 2019
A fledgling work of genius #sylviaplath #maryventura @FaberBooksoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019
“….all that you are cannot be avoided.” #mandelstamoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
“Silently we unlatch the door….” (Thoreau) @NottingHillEds @MinshullDuncanoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2019
“Pillars of fire floated in the air…” #nikolaigumilev @Glagoslavoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2019
Looking forward into 2019 – some bookish non-resolutions!original ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

2018 – so what were my standout reading experiences? :)original ↗
31 Dec 2018
“But this is the twentieth century and no one believes any longer – not even the slow, reflective Spaniard – that we are sane.” @ViragoBooks #kateobrienoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2018
A fun, festive (and surprisingly chilling!) little diversion… #efbenson #ghoststories #christmasoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2018
It’s December – so that means more books…original ↗
26 Dec 2018
Festive greetings from the Ramblings!original ↗
25 Dec 2018
Seasonal and sometimes chilly crime! @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks #BLCCoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2018
“A journey is a dismal thing when there can be no homecoming.” #stanislawlemoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2018
“… a half-forgotten scandal and disgrace” – a short post on a short book! #ianmcewanoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2018
“Those who have faith, have need of nothing else!” #frenchrevolutionoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2018
A love-hate relationship #Edinburgh #RobertLouisStevenson @RLSonlineoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2018
Mapping the imaginary – gratuitous book pics and #utopia again!original ↗
8 Dec 2018
Sharing some lovelies from my own personal library!original ↗
6 Dec 2018
“…sometimes, the heart knows when it’s the last time.” @GrantaBooks #levozerov #borisdralyuk #robertchandleroriginal ↗
4 Dec 2018
An amble around London – plus, of course, books…! @Foyles @PersephoneBooks @Glagoslavoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2018
Sharing the love for Margaret Atwood Reading Month #MARMoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
Some Christmas gifting recommendations @shinynewbooksoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2018
Sharply poignant and evocative #MARMoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2018
A character in need of a new author @nyrbclassics #germanlitmonthoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2018
“History is an angel….” #WalterBenjamin @versobooks #germanlitmonthoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2018
An unexpected sympathy for women @almaclassics #101pagesoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2018
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