41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0bbe2-df53-7011-8f91-eada6da5316e", "title": "“It’s better we turn the page” #blackstorms @CorylusB @corylusbooks.bsky.social", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/12/11/its-better-we-turn-the-page-blackstorms-corylusb-corylusbooks-bsky-social/", "published_at": "2024-12-11T08:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-df53-7011-8f91-eada6e6257cf", "title": "“… he had phases, phases like the moon…” #countluna", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/he-had-phases-phases-like-the-moon-countluna/", "published_at": "2024-12-09T08:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-df53-7011-8f91-eada6ebad1ec", "title": "Some recent Renard reads! @renardpress #georgeorwell #maryshelley", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/some-recent-renard-reads-renardpress-georgeorwell-maryshelley/", "published_at": "2024-12-06T08:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d22a66fc2", "title": "So who, exactly, is Mr Badman??? #BLCC @BL_Publishing", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/so-who-exactly-is-mr-badman-blcc-bl_publishing/", "published_at": "2024-12-04T08:00:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d23235567", "title": "“You are the voice of your unknown” #MonsieurTeste #PaulValery @nyrblassics", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/you-are-the-voice-of-your-unknown-monsieurteste-paulvalery-nyrblassics/", "published_at": "2024-12-02T08:00:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d23a36576", "title": "November – a month stuffed full of reading events! 🤣📚", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/november-a-month-stuffed-full-of-reading-events-%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%93%9a/", "published_at": "2024-11-29T07:00:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d247c2963", "title": "“We rob these girls of their humanity and make them into slaves… #GermanLitMonth @neglectedbooks @bhousepress", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/we-rob-these-girls-of-their-humanity-and-make-them-into-slaves-germanlitmonth-neglectedbooks-bhousepress/", "published_at": "2024-11-27T08:00:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d24f6b265", "title": "“We have to pretend there’s nothing the matter”. #corasandel #NorwayinNovember", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/we-have-to-pretend-theres-nothing-the-matter-corasandel-norwayinnovember/", "published_at": "2024-11-24T08:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d25f41620", "title": "“… a vast machinery of officialdom…” #GermanLitMonth #kafka #walterbenjamin", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/a-vast-machinery-of-officialdom-germanlitmonth-kafka-walterbenjamin/", "published_at": "2024-11-22T08:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d2690a35f", "title": "“Nightmare fear of stasis.” #yageletters #williamsburroughs #NonFictionNov", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/nightmare-fear-of-stasis-yageletters-williamsburroughs-nonfictionnov/", "published_at": "2024-11-20T08:00:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d26d10996", "title": "“Guilt is never to be doubted.” #kafka #germanlitmonth", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/guilt-is-never-to-be-doubted-kafka-germanlitmonth/", "published_at": "2024-11-18T08:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d26f9e6ef", "title": "“The circling splendour of thine earthly fame…” #maysinclair @spikenard65", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/the-circling-splendour-of-thine-earthly-fame-maysinclair-spikenard65/", "published_at": "2024-11-15T08:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe6-0f98-7129-bd43-869d27bea9db", "title": "“At the end of the search was an empty room” #queer #williamsburroughs #novnov24", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/at-the-end-of-the-search-was-an-empty-room-queer-williamsburroughs/", "published_at": "2024-11-13T08:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428f9a745d3", "title": "“There’s a permeable boundary between reality and art.” #writingwithintent #MARM", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/theres-a-permeable-boundary-between-reality-and-art-writingwithintent-marm/", "published_at": "2024-11-11T08:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fa522828", "title": "“…a continual state of misery produced by greed and envy…” #NonFictionNov #epicurus", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/a-continual-state-of-misery-produced-by-greed-and-envy-nonfictionnov-epicurus/", "published_at": "2024-11-08T08:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fb518222", "title": "“Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.” #williamsburroughs # junky #novnov24", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/junk-is-not-a-kick-it-is-a-way-of-life-williamsburroughs-junky-novnov24/", "published_at": "2024-11-06T08:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fb933c62", "title": "Some classic humour from a Victorian master – over @ShinyNewBooks 😊📚", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/some-classic-humour-from-a-victorian-master-over-shinynewbooks-%f0%9f%98%8a%f0%9f%93%9a/", "published_at": "2024-11-05T09:48:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fba0f1d4", "title": "“…towards light and wonder…” #hermannhesse #thejourneytotheeast #germanlitmonth #novnov2024", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/towards-light-and-wonder-hermannhesse-thejourneytotheeast-germanlitmonth-novnov2024/", "published_at": "2024-11-04T08:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fc756969", "title": "“There is 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plain…” #triptrap #jackkerouac", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/24/in-the-middle-of-an-empty-plain-triptrap-jackkerouac/", "published_at": "2024-10-24T07:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe9-5b02-7207-ac98-1428fe46d628", "title": "A lively week for the #1970Club – but where will we go next???", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/a-lively-week-for-the-1970club-but-where-will-we-go-next/", "published_at": "2024-10-21T07:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9a0e244a", "title": "“…literature is naught but guided dreaming, anyway.” #1970Club #Borges", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/20/literature-is-naught-but-guided-dreaming-anyway-1970club-borges/", "published_at": "2024-10-20T07:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9adc34d7", "title": "“…his heart was between the pages of the book…” #1970club #italocalvino #difficultloves", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/19/his-heart-was-between-the-pages-of-the-book-1970club-italocalvino-difficultloves/", "published_at": "2024-10-19T07:00:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9b7aae53", "title": "“We lived on rumours and trembled” #1970Club #nadezhdamandelstam", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/we-lived-on-rumours-and-trembled-1970club-nadezhdamandelstam/", "published_at": "2024-10-18T07:00:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9baf8e90", "title": "…in which a guest post looks at a less successful book for the #1970club…", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/in-which-a-guest-post-looks-at-a-less-successful-book-for-the-1970club/", "published_at": "2024-10-17T07:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9bbe3569", "title": "“We are not attractive when we write.” #colette #places #1970club", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/we-are-not-attractive-when-we-write-colette-places-1970club/", "published_at": "2024-10-16T07:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9c004a41", "title": "Wistful yet pithy poetry – #richardbrautigan for the #1970club", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/wistful-yet-pithy-poetry-richardbrautigan-for-the-1970club/", "published_at": "2024-10-15T07:00:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9cf13edc", "title": "Kicking off the #1970Club with some classic French crime! #maigret #1970club", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/14/kicking-off-the-1970club-with-some-classic-french-crime-maigret/", "published_at": "2024-10-14T07:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9cf5e7d5", "title": "Coming on Monday – the #1970Club!!!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/coming-on-monday-the-1970club/", "published_at": "2024-10-11T07:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9dcee874", "title": "“I have always been ridiculous…” #dostoevsky #dostoyevsky", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/i-have-always-been-ridiculous-dostoevsky-dostoyevsky/", "published_at": "2024-10-09T07:00:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbed-78dd-7145-95d0-ab0a9e3af53d", "title": "“Sunday was a day of massacre in our house.” #thetalnikovfamily @ColumbiaUP", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/sunday-was-a-day-of-massacre-in-our-house-thetalnikovfamily-columbiaup/", "published_at": "2024-10-07T07:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab55d74a7", "title": "“I love tremendous and sonorous words.” #virginiawoolf #thewaves", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/i-love-tremendous-and-sonorous-words-virginiawoolf-thewaves/", "published_at": "2024-10-04T07:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab5b15550", "title": "“…innovate a bit, dream a bit.” #markcousins #dearorsonwelles @irishpages", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/innovate-a-bit-dream-a-bit-markcousins-dearorsonwelles-irishpages/", "published_at": "2024-10-02T07:00:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab67fc878", "title": "September reading, and plans for next month’s #1970Club!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/september-reading-and-plans-for-next-months-1970club/", "published_at": "2024-09-30T07:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab6d5a21b", "title": "“There is a great deal of wickedness in village life.” #spinsterseptember #missmarple", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/there-is-a-great-deal-of-wickedness-in-village-life-spinsterseptember-missmarple/", "published_at": "2024-09-27T07:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab768151a", "title": "“…frozen forever in a final meaningless posture.” #interzone #williamsburroughs", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/25/frozen-forever-in-a-final-meaningless-posture-interzone-williamsburroughs/", "published_at": "2024-09-25T07:00:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab81ddc23", "title": "“I made a concerted effort to get hold of my nerves…” #sherlockholmes #calebcarr", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/i-made-a-concerted-effort-to-get-hold-of-my-nerves-sherlockholmes-calebcarr/", "published_at": "2024-09-23T07:00:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab8ba28f2", "title": "“…throwaway insightful, incisive phrasings.” #allenginsberg #beatgeneration", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/20/throwaway-insightful-incisive-phrasings-allenginsberg-beatgeneration/", "published_at": "2024-09-20T07:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab998ba7d", "title": "“…I shall never consent to contribute to a universal dejection.” @TwistSpoonPress #apragueflaneur", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/17/i-shall-never-consent-to-contribute-to-a-universal-dejection-twistspoonpress-apragueflaneur/", "published_at": "2024-09-17T07:00:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab9a13082", "title": "Gardening Bloomsberries, stationery hunting – plus a book or two!! 🤣", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/gardening-bloomsberries-stationery-hunting-plus-a-book-or-two-%f0%9f%a4%a3/", "published_at": "2024-09-16T07:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf0-a477-72ca-b51b-c1aab9dd360e", "title": "“…it’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness…” @SarabandBooks #AtomsofDelight", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/its-better-to-light-a-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness-sarabandbooks-atomsofdelight/", "published_at": "2024-09-14T07:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e374f4d8ad", "title": "“… the memory of a different Motherland.” #warsawtales @OxUniPress", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/the-memory-of-a-different-motherland-warsawtales-oxunipress/", "published_at": "2024-09-12T07:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e3759070e3", "title": "“I prefer to please myself first of all…” #colette #claudine at school", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/i-prefer-to-please-myself-first-of-all-colette-claudine-at-school/", "published_at": "2024-09-09T07:00:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e37683a67d", "title": "“I will not meet my God as an idiot.” johnsonisleaving #johnwain", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/i-will-not-meet-my-god-as-an-idiot-johnsonisleaving-johnwain/", "published_at": "2024-09-06T06:00:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e376f9794a", "title": "“…a Christian’s life is one of suffering…” #jameshogg #ajustifiedsinner", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/04/a-christians-life-is-one-of-suffering-jameshogg-ajustifiedsinner/", "published_at": "2024-09-04T06:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e377b09347", "title": "“…truth I see now is something altogether different.” #douglasbruton @PressTaproot", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/truth-i-see-now-is-something-altogether-different-douglasbruton-presstaproot/", "published_at": "2024-09-02T06:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e377c7bb9b", "title": "Summer’s end – plus some thoughts on unhauling…", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/summers-end-plus-some-thoughts-on-unhauling/", "published_at": "2024-08-30T07:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e378480b43", "title": "“In truth, we are always guilty…” #WITMonth @Wakefield_Press", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/in-truth-we-are-always-guilty-witmonth-wakefield_press/", "published_at": "2024-08-28T06:00:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e378b2f614", "title": "“…comets can go absolutely anywhere…” #Moominweek", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/comets-can-go-absolutely-anywhere-moominweek/", "published_at": "2024-08-26T06:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e3798a8c95", "title": "“…the vibrations of sincerity.” #jackkerouac #goodblonde", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/the-vibrations-of-sincerity-jackkerouac-goodblonde/", "published_at": "2024-08-23T06:00:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf3-8f19-714e-86fc-01e379e7f06b", "title": "“…life is nothing but desolation…” #jackkerouac #desolationpeak", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/21/life-is-nothing-but-desolation-jackkerouac-desolationpeak/", "published_at": "2024-08-21T06:00:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb8f9502b3", "title": "“…crooked with the weight of history…” @RenardPress @AndrewJCrowther", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/crooked-with-the-weight-of-history-renardpress-andrewjcrowther/", "published_at": "2024-08-19T06:00:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb8fdd9a37", "title": "“This constant discipline of death” #apollinaire #khlebnikov @PushkinPress", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/this-constant-discipline-of-death-apollinaire-khlebnikov-pushkinpress/", "published_at": "2024-08-16T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb908ba6c3", "title": "“I raced the high tide… @SarabandBooks #writinglandscape", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/i-raced-the-high-tide-sarabandbooks-writinglandscape/", "published_at": "2024-08-14T06:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb9117c719", "title": "“…faces – dead, half dead, alive – stay with me…” @FoxedQuarterly #LifeInOurHands", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/faces-dead-half-dead-alive-stay-with-me-foxedquarterly-lifeinourhands/", "published_at": "2024-08-12T06:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb91b6da6c", "title": "“…the indigo shades of night…” #myreading #colette", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/the-indigo-shades-of-night-myreading-colette/", "published_at": "2024-08-09T06:00:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb91f9cb83", "title": "Rounding up some recent travels – and book finds!! 📚", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/round-up-some-recent-travels-and-book-finds-%f0%9f%93%9a/", "published_at": "2024-08-07T06:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb9230be5c", "title": "A Pair of Poison Pen Puzzles! @Galileobooks", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/05/a-pair-of-poison-pen-puzzles-galileobooks/", "published_at": "2024-08-05T06:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb92e09735", "title": "“… we had to get on without Heaven as best we could.” @FaberBooks #ex-wife", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/08/02/we-had-to-get-on-without-heaven-as-best-we-could-faberbooks-ex-wife/", "published_at": "2024-08-02T06:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb9379d28d", "title": "A Disquieting month!!!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/31/a-disquieting-month/", "published_at": "2024-07-31T06:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf6-713d-7357-ab3e-61eb93d4e014", "title": "“What would there be in a story of happiness?” #gide #parisinjuly2024", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/what-would-there-be-in-a-story-of-happiness-gide-parisinjuly2024/", "published_at": "2024-07-29T06:00:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d90e21da93", "title": "“…I’m dreaming but what I dream seems to me to be real…” #requiem", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/26/im-dreaming-but-what-i-dream-seems-to-me-to-be-real-requiem/", "published_at": "2024-07-26T06:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d90e99fa02", "title": "Provocative Poetics Part Two! @brokensleep", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/provocative-poetics-part-two-brokensleep/", "published_at": "2024-07-24T06:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d90f6513f7", "title": "Provocative Poetics Part 1! @Blackheraldpres @brokensleep", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/provocative-poetics-part-1-blackheraldpres-brokensleep/", "published_at": "2024-07-22T06:00:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d90fb146f2", "title": "“…I know how to dream in prose.” #pessoa #thebookofdisquiet", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/19/i-know-how-to-dream-in-prose-pessoa-thebookofdisquiet/", "published_at": "2024-07-19T06:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d90fe9c111", "title": "“The absence of order between the worlds…” @TwistSpoonPress", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/the-absence-of-order-between-the-worlds-twistspoonpress/", "published_at": "2024-07-17T06:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d9107635b4", "title": "“…borne along by the irresistible tide of adventure…” #janeellenharrison", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/15/borne-along-by-the-irresistible-tide-of-adventure-janeellenharrison/", "published_at": "2024-07-15T06:00:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d91105b48e", "title": "“And God looks on as one person after another dies.” @FitzcarraldoEds #TheBookAgainstDeath", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/and-god-looks-on-as-one-person-after-another-dies-fitzcarraldoeds-thebookagainstdeath/", "published_at": "2024-07-12T06:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d911a8ed23", "title": "Ego tricks and self illusion… #FUTURES @MelvilleHouse", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/ego-tricks-and-self-illusion-futures-melvillehouse/", "published_at": "2024-07-09T06:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d911c0fae3", "title": "“…at any moment it will become love.” @katehandheld #thegullsflyinland #parisinjuly2024", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/at-any-moment-it-will-become-love-katehandheld-thegullsflyinland/", "published_at": "2024-07-04T06:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbf9-4d48-73db-92a4-30d911e97002", "title": "Exposing humanity’s darker side #hannaharendt #eichmanninjerusalem", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/exposing-humanitys-darker-side-hannaharendt-eichmanninjerusalem/", "published_at": "2024-07-02T06:00:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a801f807e98", "title": "June – a month with substance! 😊📚", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/june-a-month-with-substance-%f0%9f%98%8a%f0%9f%93%9a/", "published_at": "2024-06-30T06:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a801fc4c4db", "title": "Real life Mata Haris – over @ShinyNewBooks!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/real-life-mata-haris-over-shinynewbooks/", "published_at": "2024-06-27T07:48:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a8020a4b153", "title": "Toeing – or not toeing – the party line… #simoneweil @nyrbclassics", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/24/toeing-or-not-toeing-the-party-line-simoneweil-nyrbclassics/", "published_at": "2024-06-24T06:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a802117cf55", "title": "Comical Kafka – over @ShinyNewBooks 😊", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/comical-kafka-over-shinynewbooks-%f0%9f%98%8a/", "published_at": "2024-06-20T07:15:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a80212ccbff", "title": "“…a labyrinth of walls and printed paper…” #calvinobookclub", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/a-labyrinth-of-walls-and-printed-paper-calvinobookclub/", "published_at": "2024-06-19T06:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a8021c040ae", "title": "“…history, seen on a human scale.” #richardholmes #sidetracks", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/17/history-seen-on-a-human-scale-richardholmes-sidetracks/", "published_at": "2024-06-17T06:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a80226c83ed", "title": "Murder and mayhem in the London suburbs!! @Galileobooks", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/14/murder-and-mayhem-in-the-london-suburbs-galileobooks/", "published_at": "2024-06-14T06:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a8022ef5798", "title": "“The weirder it is, the better it works” #53days #georgesperec", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/the-weirder-it-is-the-better-it-works-53days-georgesperec/", "published_at": "2024-06-12T06:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a8023383a0f", "title": "“…it’s just the housing question that’s spoiled them…” #ReadingTheMeow #MasterAndMargarita", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/10/its-just-the-housing-question-thats-spoiled-them-readingthemeow-masterandmargarita/", "published_at": "2024-06-10T06:00:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbfd-58d5-7259-8a9f-2a802436540f", "title": "“…this whole spider’s web business…” #summerinbadenbaden @faberbooks", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/06/this-whole-spiders-web-business-summerinbadenbaden-faberbooks/", "published_at": "2024-06-06T06:00:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b6b13c86", "title": "“In war, too, the limits of what is doable can be tested only by crossing them.” #thevisionaries", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/06/03/in-war-too-the-limits-of-what-is-doable-can-be-tested-only-by-crossing-them-thevisionaries/", "published_at": "2024-06-03T06:00:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b72782ea", "title": "A wonderful May month of reading! 😊😊📚", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/a-wonderful-may-month-of-reading-%f0%9f%98%8a%f0%9f%98%8a%f0%9f%93%9a/", "published_at": "2024-05-31T06:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b75947ad", "title": "Short stories and novels, manuscripts and images – the genius of #Kafka", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/short-stories-and-novels-manuscripts-and-images-the-genius-of-kafka/", "published_at": "2024-05-29T06:00:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b83c10aa", "title": "“…to stand alone in a naked light” #gertrudetrevelyan", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/27/to-stand-alone-in-a-naked-light-gertrudetrevelyan/", "published_at": "2024-05-27T06:00:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b8640e2f", "title": "“It was a time in our lives when we weren’t interested in anything” #calvinobookclub", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/it-was-a-time-in-our-lives-when-we-werent-interested-in-anything-calvinobookclub/", "published_at": "2024-05-24T06:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b8f04351", "title": "A sobering memoir of living through revolutionary times – over @ShinyNewBooks", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/23/a-sobering-memoir-of-living-through-revolutionary-times-over-shinynewbooks/", "published_at": "2024-05-23T08:12:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19b9b333de", "title": "“The pages in the book of life are turned too fast…”", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/the-pages-in-the-book-of-life-are-turned-too-fast/", "published_at": "2024-05-20T06:00:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19ba789711", "title": "“…the vast gods and the universe.” #borges", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/17/the-vast-gods-and-the-universe-borges/", "published_at": "2024-05-17T06:00:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19bac7f65a", "title": "A new collection from a favourite emigre author – over @ShinyNewBooks!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/a-new-collection-from-a-favourite-emigre-author-over-shinynewbooks/", "published_at": "2024-05-16T08:08:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbff-fbde-726a-a67e-5f19bb76f5cc", "title": "“…no explanation, no logical coherence…” @katehandheld #ENesbit", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/no-explanation-no-logical-coherence-katehandheld-enesbit/", "published_at": "2024-05-14T06:00:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e020de3f", "title": "“…the lukewarm provinces of his soul…” #ceesnooteboom", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/the-lukewarm-provinces-of-his-soul-ceesnooteboom/", "published_at": "2024-05-10T06:00:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e079cfa3", "title": "“We taught it to reason, this brute can reason better than we can.” @NYRB_Imprints #thesingularity", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/we-taught-it-to-reason-this-brute-can-reason-better-than-we-can-nyrb_imprints-thesingularity/", "published_at": "2024-05-07T06:00:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e15875ec", "title": "“I got into the habit of reading while walking…” #shadowlines @nicholasroyle", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/05/i-got-into-the-habit-of-reading-while-walking-shadowlines-nicholasroyle/", "published_at": "2024-05-05T06:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e17b449c", "title": "Walking round the world – a marvellous new anthology from @NottingHillEds", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/walking-round-the-world-a-marvellous-new-anthology-from-nottinghilleds/", "published_at": "2024-05-03T06:00:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e196d574", "title": "A splendiferous April, with some wonderful #1937Club reading!", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/a-splendiferous-april-with-some-wonder-1937club-reading/", "published_at": "2024-05-01T06:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e1a7f329", "title": "A complex, perhaps troubling, work by Italo Calvino", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/a-complex-perhaps-troubling-work-by-italo-calvino/", "published_at": "2024-04-29T06:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc02-9f55-7227-959b-72a7e24f7ace", "title": "Myths, fairy tales and women’s lives @commapress", "url": "https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/myths-fairy-tales-and-womens-lives-commapress/", "published_at": "2024-04-26T06:00:05+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2024

“It’s better we turn the page” #blackstorms @CorylusB @corylusbooks.bsky.social original ↗

11 Dec 2024

“… he had phases, phases like the moon…” #countluna original ↗

9 Dec 2024

Some recent Renard reads! @renardpress #georgeorwell #maryshelley original ↗

6 Dec 2024

So who, exactly, is Mr Badman??? #BLCC @BL_Publishing original ↗

4 Dec 2024

“You are the voice of your unknown” #MonsieurTeste #PaulValery @nyrblassics original ↗

2 Dec 2024

November – a month stuffed full of reading events! 🤣📚original ↗

29 Nov 2024

“We rob these girls of their humanity and make them into slaves… #GermanLitMonth @neglectedbooks @bhousepress original ↗

27 Nov 2024

“We have to pretend there’s nothing the matter”. #corasandel #NorwayinNovember original ↗

24 Nov 2024

“… a vast machinery of officialdom…” #GermanLitMonth #kafka #walterbenjamin original ↗

22 Nov 2024

“Nightmare fear of stasis.” #yageletters #williamsburroughs #NonFictionNov original ↗

20 Nov 2024

“Guilt is never to be doubted.” #kafka #germanlitmonth original ↗

18 Nov 2024

“The circling splendour of thine earthly fame…” #maysinclair @spikenard65 original ↗

15 Nov 2024

“At the end of the search was an empty room” #queer #williamsburroughs #novnov24 original ↗

13 Nov 2024

“There’s a permeable boundary between reality and art.” #writingwithintent #MARM original ↗

11 Nov 2024

“…a continual state of misery produced by greed and envy…” #NonFictionNov #epicurus original ↗

8 Nov 2024

“Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.” #williamsburroughs # junky #novnov24 original ↗

6 Nov 2024

Some classic humour from a Victorian master – over @ShinyNewBooks 😊📚original ↗

5 Nov 2024

“…towards light and wonder…” #hermannhesse #thejourneytotheeast #germanlitmonth #novnov2024 original ↗

4 Nov 2024

“There is an intensity to Russian friendship…” #elainefeinstein #therussianjerusalem original ↗

2 Nov 2024

October reading, plus another wonderful club week! 😊📚original ↗

31 Oct 2024

“The image as key fits the lock but will not turn.” @renardpress #all that remains original ↗

28 Oct 2024

“In the middle of an empty plain…” #triptrap #jackkerouac original ↗

24 Oct 2024

A lively week for the #1970Club – but where will we go next???original ↗

21 Oct 2024

“…literature is naught but guided dreaming, anyway.” #1970Club #Borges original ↗

20 Oct 2024

“…his heart was between the pages of the book…” #1970club #italocalvino #difficultloves original ↗

19 Oct 2024

“We lived on rumours and trembled” #1970Club #nadezhdamandelstam original ↗

18 Oct 2024

…in which a guest post looks at a less successful book for the #1970club…original ↗

17 Oct 2024

“We are not attractive when we write.” #colette #places #1970club original ↗

16 Oct 2024

Wistful yet pithy poetry – #richardbrautigan for the #1970club original ↗

15 Oct 2024

Kicking off the #1970Club with some classic French crime! #maigret #1970club original ↗

14 Oct 2024

Coming on Monday – the #1970Club!!!original ↗

11 Oct 2024

“I have always been ridiculous…” #dostoevsky #dostoyevsky original ↗

9 Oct 2024

“Sunday was a day of massacre in our house.” #thetalnikovfamily @ColumbiaUP original ↗

7 Oct 2024

“I love tremendous and sonorous words.” #virginiawoolf #thewaves original ↗

4 Oct 2024

“…innovate a bit, dream a bit.” #markcousins #dearorsonwelles @irishpages original ↗

2 Oct 2024

September reading, and plans for next month’s #1970Club!original ↗

30 Sept 2024

“There is a great deal of wickedness in village life.” #spinsterseptember #missmarple original ↗

27 Sept 2024

“…frozen forever in a final meaningless posture.” #interzone #williamsburroughs original ↗

25 Sept 2024

“I made a concerted effort to get hold of my nerves…” #sherlockholmes #calebcarr original ↗

23 Sept 2024

“…throwaway insightful, incisive phrasings.” #allenginsberg #beatgeneration original ↗

20 Sept 2024

“…I shall never consent to contribute to a universal dejection.” @TwistSpoonPress #apragueflaneur original ↗

17 Sept 2024

Gardening Bloomsberries, stationery hunting – plus a book or two!! 🤣original ↗

16 Sept 2024

“…it’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness…” @SarabandBooks #AtomsofDelight original ↗

14 Sept 2024

“… the memory of a different Motherland.” #warsawtales @OxUniPress original ↗

12 Sept 2024

“I prefer to please myself first of all…” #colette #claudine at school original ↗

9 Sept 2024

“I will not meet my God as an idiot.” johnsonisleaving #johnwain original ↗

6 Sept 2024

“…a Christian’s life is one of suffering…” #jameshogg #ajustifiedsinner original ↗

4 Sept 2024

“…truth I see now is something altogether different.” #douglasbruton @PressTaproot original ↗

2 Sept 2024

Summer’s end – plus some thoughts on unhauling…original ↗

30 Aug 2024

“In truth, we are always guilty…” #WITMonth @Wakefield_Press original ↗

28 Aug 2024

“…comets can go absolutely anywhere…” #Moominweek original ↗

26 Aug 2024

“…the vibrations of sincerity.” #jackkerouac #goodblonde original ↗

23 Aug 2024

“…life is nothing but desolation…” #jackkerouac #desolationpeak original ↗

21 Aug 2024

“…crooked with the weight of history…” @RenardPress @AndrewJCrowther original ↗

19 Aug 2024

“This constant discipline of death” #apollinaire #khlebnikov @PushkinPress original ↗

16 Aug 2024

“I raced the high tide… @SarabandBooks #writinglandscape original ↗

14 Aug 2024

“…faces – dead, half dead, alive – stay with me…” @FoxedQuarterly #LifeInOurHands original ↗

12 Aug 2024

“…the indigo shades of night…” #myreading #colette original ↗

9 Aug 2024

Rounding up some recent travels – and book finds!! 📚original ↗

7 Aug 2024

A Pair of Poison Pen Puzzles! @Galileobooks original ↗

5 Aug 2024

“… we had to get on without Heaven as best we could.” @FaberBooks #ex-wife original ↗

2 Aug 2024

A Disquieting month!!!original ↗

31 Jul 2024

“What would there be in a story of happiness?” #gide #parisinjuly2024 original ↗

29 Jul 2024

“…I’m dreaming but what I dream seems to me to be real…” #requiem original ↗

26 Jul 2024

Provocative Poetics Part Two! @brokensleep original ↗

24 Jul 2024

Provocative Poetics Part 1! @Blackheraldpres @brokensleep original ↗

22 Jul 2024

“…I know how to dream in prose.” #pessoa #thebookofdisquiet original ↗

19 Jul 2024

“The absence of order between the worlds…” @TwistSpoonPress original ↗

17 Jul 2024

“…borne along by the irresistible tide of adventure…” #janeellenharrison original ↗

15 Jul 2024

“And God looks on as one person after another dies.” @FitzcarraldoEds #TheBookAgainstDeath original ↗

12 Jul 2024

Ego tricks and self illusion… #FUTURES @MelvilleHouse original ↗

9 Jul 2024

“…at any moment it will become love.” @katehandheld #thegullsflyinland #parisinjuly2024 original ↗

4 Jul 2024

Exposing humanity’s darker side #hannaharendt #eichmanninjerusalem original ↗

2 Jul 2024

June – a month with substance! 😊📚original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Real life Mata Haris – over @ShinyNewBooks!original ↗

27 Jun 2024

Toeing – or not toeing – the party line… #simoneweil @nyrbclassics original ↗

24 Jun 2024

Comical Kafka – over @ShinyNewBooks 😊original ↗

20 Jun 2024

“…a labyrinth of walls and printed paper…” #calvinobookclub original ↗

19 Jun 2024

“…history, seen on a human scale.” #richardholmes #sidetracks original ↗

17 Jun 2024

Murder and mayhem in the London suburbs!! @Galileobooks original ↗

14 Jun 2024

“The weirder it is, the better it works” #53days #georgesperec original ↗

12 Jun 2024

“…it’s just the housing question that’s spoiled them…” #ReadingTheMeow #MasterAndMargarita original ↗

10 Jun 2024

“…this whole spider’s web business…” #summerinbadenbaden @faberbooks original ↗

6 Jun 2024

“In war, too, the limits of what is doable can be tested only by crossing them.” #thevisionaries original ↗

3 Jun 2024

A wonderful May month of reading! 😊😊📚original ↗

31 May 2024

Short stories and novels, manuscripts and images – the genius of #Kafka original ↗

29 May 2024

“…to stand alone in a naked light” #gertrudetrevelyan original ↗

27 May 2024

“It was a time in our lives when we weren’t interested in anything” #calvinobookclub original ↗

24 May 2024

A sobering memoir of living through revolutionary times – over @ShinyNewBooks original ↗

23 May 2024

“The pages in the book of life are turned too fast…”original ↗

20 May 2024

“…the vast gods and the universe.” #borges original ↗

17 May 2024

A new collection from a favourite emigre author – over @ShinyNewBooks!original ↗

16 May 2024

“…no explanation, no logical coherence…” @katehandheld #ENesbit original ↗

14 May 2024

“…the lukewarm provinces of his soul…” #ceesnooteboom original ↗

10 May 2024

“We taught it to reason, this brute can reason better than we can.” @NYRB_Imprints #thesingularity original ↗

7 May 2024

“I got into the habit of reading while walking…” #shadowlines @nicholasroyle original ↗

5 May 2024

Walking round the world – a marvellous new anthology from @NottingHillEds original ↗

3 May 2024

A splendiferous April, with some wonderful #1937Club reading!original ↗

1 May 2024

A complex, perhaps troubling, work by Italo Calvino original ↗

29 Apr 2024

Myths, fairy tales and women’s lives @commapress original ↗

26 Apr 2024