Category Archives: Books

Other thoughts: “Every Valley”, by Public Service Broadcasting

Posted on 29 August 2017 by Spuggy

What’s this? An opinion about something that’s not a book? Yep! Every Valley is the new album by the found-sound ensemble Public Service Broadcasting, and it’s the best album I’ve heard this year. If you’re not familiar with them, PSB build … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Nomad, by Alan Partridge

Posted on 26 August 2017 by Dove

I’m so behind on these. Argh. Anyway, let me open by saying that if you come from an Alan Partridgeless existence, then may I recommend you remedying that asap.

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Thoughts: Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley

Posted on 20 August 2017 by Dove

Well, I keep doing it to myself. I keep reading universally beloved books and then having to give my useless opinions on them. Do you need me to tell you that Borges is great? Because he is great. Now you … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Nymphs: Tödliche Liebe, by S. Luhtanen and M. Oikkonen, translated by Alexandra Stang

Posted on 12 August 2017 by Dove

This is the first novel-length German book I’ve read from beginning to end (Der Kleine Prinz being very short) without interrupting it with English reading. I’m pretty proud of myself. And one day maybe I’ll read a German book that … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky

Posted on 4 August 2017 by Dove

I wanted to let this one sit a while, because I have some pretty intense feelings about it. That, and I’m lazy. Spoilers for both book and film of the same name.

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Thoughts: Selected Short Stories, by H. G. Wells

Posted on 26 July 2017 by Dove

Whoops, this one is long overdue. Spuggy picked it up in Belfast, a dog-eared (I won’t say “beloved”) old copy from Oxfam and I picked it up right at the end of our holiday to tide me over till we … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Der Kleine Prinz, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Grete and Josef Leitgeb

Posted on 16 July 2017 by Dove

A whole book this time, and not just chapters! Der Kleine Prinz is both short enough and simply written enough that I managed it without too much heartache. My general German skills update: I’m improving in some ways and stalling … Continue reading →

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Alternative Thoughts: Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang – plus a short story

Posted on 15 July 2017 by Spuggy

Dove also wrote her thoughts on this one, and hers are better, but here’s mine.

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Thoughts: Stories of Your Life And Others, by Ted Chiang

Posted on 15 July 2017 by Dove

I don’t read many short story collections, so this will be another collection of thoughts without much wider context for comparison, I’m afraid. It has been a while since I indulged in some proper sci-fi, though, and I enjoyed myself. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Kipps, by H. G. Wells

Posted on 9 July 2017 by Dove

This is the part of the holiday when I’d run out of books. I downloaded the sample of Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky because I wasn’t sure about reading in French on the Kindle and I didn’t know whether the … Continue reading →

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