Monthly Archives: July 2017

It seems that often my random reading continues a kind of conversation in my head. After writing my last post, on Tim Parks’ book, I’ve been thinking about thinking. The problem of too much thinking. Thinking when I’d rather not. … Continue reading →

Tim Parks’ Where I’m Reading From is a collection of articles originally written for the New York Review of Books between 2010 and 2014. The introduction starts with a fusillade of questions. It’s time to rethink everything. Everything. What it … Continue reading →

I read Nina Riggs’ The Bright Hour over an afternoon and evening; I literally couldn’t put it down. It wasn’t because of suspense; there was no ‘how will this story turn out’; there was never any doubt about the ending. … Continue reading →

Just finished Sally Abbott’s Closing Down. I was at a dinner party here in Castlemaine a couple of years ago when I met Sally for the first time. She was still finishing the book, with chapters flying to and fro … Continue reading →

Continuing the stationery theme from my last post… End of financial year always has me scrabbling around for receipts and invoices. In general, they’re properly filed away but occasionally not. That’s when I go looking, and in looking find all … Continue reading →