More books at end of ’24
I didn’t keep up my task of reading all the Bookler longlisted books this year. I’ve discovered the libray app…
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
I don’t know why this book is called Intermezzo which seems to be a musical interlude between two acts of…
Creation Lake Booker Longlist
Just finished this book about a secret US agent who infiltrates an ecowarrior group in Southern France who are planning…
Short Stories
Rediscovering short stories thanks to my U3A group. We’ve gone from the Russians (Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev and Gogol) to Hemingway,…
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
This is a stunningly well written Irish novel about two people caught up in a world of drugs and violence…
Booker longlist The Safe Keep
I read the International Longlist last year and it was great but this year I’ll do the main Booker longlist….
Far right ideologies
I’m just beginning to understand the far right world views that have overtaken democracy in countries like Hungary. With Victor…