Another month gone by means another list of books read. Madame de Pompadour — Nancy Mitford Following on from her biography of Frederick the Great. This was written much earlier, in 1954 as opposed to 1971 and I found it slightly harder going. It’s also longer, which doesn’t help. After a while Mitford’s light, teasing […]
Another month gone by means another list of books read. The Thief of Time — Terry Pratchett The first time I reread this. A typical late Discworld novel. Flat Earth News — Nick Davies Nick Davies is an acclaimed journalist who here exposes the news media for the shallow spreaders of lies they are. Something […]
The Red Pavillion – Robert van Gulik. A mock-historical detective story, based on an 18th century Chinese mystery novel starring Judge Dee, who was himself based on the historical Judge Dee and whom van Gulik appropriated for his series. You could call it orientalist, if not for the matter of factness with which the series […]
Nine books read this month, of which five were rereads, all science fiction: The End of Eternity, – Isaac Asimov. The first Asimov novel I’ve read since at least 2001, an old favourite of mine, one of the first sf novels to introduce me to the idea of altering history. The Big Time – Fritz […]
Since I’m doing something complicated but not very interesting tonight, I’ll make it easy on myself and just list some of the good books I’ve read last year. I read some 78 books in 2005, slightly more non-fiction than fiction. As regular readers know, I try and keep track of what I’m reading on my […]