'There's no such thing as autobiography, there's only art and lies' This was my fifth book by Winterson. I absolutely loved Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Christmas Days made me all warm and fuzzy in that special time of year. Only to be slightly disappointed by Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. And then to be …
I have a strange feeling I already wrote a review of this book, but I cannot find it anywhere. I write some reviews by hand first, but it's not in any of my notebooks. It's not in WordPress and I don't have it saved as word doc anywhere. Still, in my mind, I feel like …
Continue reading Lionel Asbo: State of England – Martin Amis
I think that was the last one in the series that I owned. Apparently number four, but I didn't read them in order anyway, they're very loosely connected. Some characters repeat, but they always get reintroduced. I'll borrow the synopsis from Goodreads, as it gives a good summary of the plot. Alix London, the art …
Continue reading The Trouble with Mirrors – Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins
I read various pieces of advice on what to read or not read during the lockdown. I actually gave a few myself (happy, depressing, wise, grieving, the long ones and moving). One advice I didn't take seriously at the beginning was that to read 'books that you know, genres that are comfortable, nothing too challenging'. …
Continue reading Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures – Stephen Fry
Another Kidle read from my holidaying, that now seems so far away. And unfortunately, another book that I didn't like too much. Which is probably why I kept postponing writing the review for so many months. Let me fall back on Goodreads again, when it comes to the plot: Katherine is only five-years-old. Struck dumb …
I read The Miniaturist some years ago, definitely before I started this blog, hence no review. But I do remember liking it a lot. Now, when I bought The Muse I somehow missed the fact that it's by the same author. I bought it because of the really pretty cover. The point that does not make …
The Knife begins precisely where The Thirst finished. Well, maybe not precisely, we lose a night. Or rather Harry does. He wakes up with a horrible hangover, covered in blood. Cannot remember a thing. The next thing he realizes is that he lost everything. He's never had a case like this. He doesn't know if he's …
I bought this book back in 2018 during my crazy bookshop crawl. Looking at the list now, I'm pretty much done reading half of the books I bought then. Definitely not running out of reading matter anytime soon! Witold Rybczynski is an architect and a professor, but he is mostly known for his writings on …
Continue reading Mysteries of the Mall and other Essays – Witold Rybczynski
My Bigger Half bought me the two Harry Hole books I was missing for Christmas 2019. I devoured them before it was time to fly back to London after the break. They are not short books, but they are the definition of a page-turner. Harry Hole is finally happy. Who would have thought? Waking up …
I think I saw the movie years ago, but don't remember much of it, other than it was about a Russian submarine. That is my only explanation as to how I missed that this was a Jack Ryan book. In fact, the first Jack Ryan book to be published. So when Jack Ryan made his …
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