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Humankind is one of those books that comes along and really makes you look at the world a little differently. I’m a bit of a pessimist....

Let's get one thing straight, the writing itself is technically brilliant and very engaging. It stirs you up inside. The slight failure...

I loved Call Me By Your Name. It was such a tender and refreshing story. And Find Me continues along the path in a wonderful and not...

I dropped into a second-hand bookshop last week. Therein I spotted a book that just seemed to jump out at me. A Ballad of Love. The title...

‘To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain.’ I had a bit of a down spell in mood, so I just focused on reading...

Don’t wait until the paperback on this one. Trust me! The paper quality, the weight balance, the typesetting. All of these things make...

One of the world’s greatest living thinkers. Also, one of the saltiest guys I’ve ever read, academically. The essays on the middle-east...

If you like essays written and dedicated to the dismantling of the author’s critics, grab the popcorn. The guy lays into people who...

Very occasionally you encounter a book that shakes your soul. Here are just a few examples from my own reading life: Man's Search for...

Decided it might be fun to share a little overview of my bookshelves. I'm going to do a series of these. My aim is to explore the...

Cracking good read. This one won't be a long review, because it doesn't need to be. It is set out chronologically, following the...

Throughout this book, I was struck and a little humbled by Wang's insight into her condition. In my own life, I rarely speak about my...

I've aimed to read a lot of new fiction for this year, but as I reached six months, without re-reading any of my favourites, I thought...

I'm a bit of a student of short stories. As a matter of fact, I'd already read a few in this collection. And it is a good collection. Not...

This is going to be a short review. It's a book that can really help you conceptualise how people think and interact with the world. No...

Another bit of poetry for this evening. The collection tackles subjects surrounding the theme of race and deafness. The things unsaid but...

I've given a bit of time to Plath, but she's not my favourite poet. I'm more of a Larkin fan. And, for all his innumerable faults,...

Last year I stumbled on Lanchester's novel The Debt to Pleasure and was quite impressed. I looked up the reviews that book got on...

After lockdown, there will be a great need for books like this. Books that help you reframe and re-engage with the outside world. It...

Some more short stories this time. I found them all quite skillfully written. I've been won over to stories which seemingly have no...