Category Archives: Books

Speedy End of Year Book Roundup!

Posted on 2 January 2021 by Dove

I read a lot of books in quick succession at the end of the year, and frankly didn’t have the energy to review them properly because I was recovering from emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy (all fine* now) so … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain

Posted on 16 October 2020 by Dove

I don’t remember much about the film of this one, which I must have seen in 2017, but I remember enjoying it, or at least being quite enthusiastic about the idea of reading the book it was based on. Well. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Live By Night, by Dennis Lehane

Posted on 22 August 2020 by Dove

After The Exorcist, my TBR decided I was in need of a good gangster romp. And boy, was I! The main thing about Live By Night is that it’s cool in every way you want a gangster novel to be … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty

Posted on 18 August 2020 by Dove

I have seen the film of The Exorcist, in the way that a lot of almost-teenage girls did – from behind a sofa. I was kind of dreading this one.

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Thoughts: Jackself, by Jacob Polley

Posted on 15 August 2020 by Dove

I finished this book a little while ago, but honestly it’s been too hot to think about anything in an intelligent way until around now. And I can’t vouch much for now. It doesn’t help that this is a book … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly

Posted on 9 August 2020 by Dove

This should give you an idea of how far behind I am. I almost felt a bit bad reading this one now, because the triumph of the story of how black female mathematicians were part of history all along actually … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Gifts of the Crow, by John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Posted on 28 July 2020 by Dove

Another top notch non-fiction recommendation by the kind soul who recommended Your Inner Fish, Why The West Rules – For Now, and The Mismeasure of Man, and she continues to hit it out of the park, as the Yanks would … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Solar Bones, by Mike McCormack

Posted on 22 July 2020 by Dove

As 2017 started, I decided that I clearly wasn’t adding enough books to my TBR and added one more condition to the existing conditions of “one book by writers whose obituaries you come across when timewasting in the Guardian” and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: G, by John Berger

Posted on 19 July 2020 by Dove

I have finally made it into the 2017 part of my TBR list! Yay! So this was kind of a weird one. All the reviews I saw on Goodreads were either very highly rated or very low rated, but my … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher

Posted on 18 July 2020 by Dove

If you aren’t sick of me saying “Wow, this book everyone says is great turns out to be great!” then you are in luck! I always approach novels by people whose names I know from other spheres with some trepidation, … Continue reading →

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