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A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Hey, how are you? Come on in, there's some people I want you to meet. So this is Sasha - ...

So, hot on the heels of the stats roundup is another annual thing that I've now saddled myself with: the Books Of The Year thing. I...

Here's the obligatory end-of-year/beginning-of-following-year roundup of blogging activities and the like. Anyone who'd just like th...

Today's pair are my son Huw and 1970s yellow cartoon weirdo Bod . Small skinny-legged person, three-letter name, voluminous upper garmen...

Ice by Anna Kavan. A catastrophe of some sort has occurred, ill-defined but almost certainly the result of a nuclear conflict, and as a resu...

I expect you've made some New Year's resolutions for 2025, and I imagine mine are in no way out of the ordinary: match or exceed the...

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.  Yes, it's a man's life in 1860s Sicily. Well, if you happen to be a Prince commandin...

Christmas is coming up, as you know, and one of the things that I like to look forward at Christmastime, in addition to all the heartwarming...

Here's an interesting headline from Rolling Stone which I spotted the other day. Nothing so weird about that one, you'll probably b...

The Prestige by Christopher Priest. Pick a card; any card: wrong ! But seriously, I mean, we all love a magician, right? Rabbits out of hats...