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Category Archives: Fiction
A few book recommendations and …
I’ll start with some brief book recommendations, and end with a woeful tale that ends happily. Despite the disruption of home repairs, I’ve managed to finish several books since the end of April, and May is only half-done. A suggestion … Continue reading
Another quick recommendation
Hernán Díaz, In the Distance (2017) and Trust (2022) Hernán Díaz’s latest novel, Trust, is the May selection for the NYPL/WNYC Virtual Book Club, which aims to get New Yorkers reading (and, obviously, discussing) new books. I heard an interview … Continue reading
This is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors*
Occasionally a book cover grabs me, and it turns out the book is #5 in a 12-book series, or something like that. This has happened three times with one particular author, Alexander McCall Smith, who wrote the No. 1 Ladies’ … Continue reading
Creative thinking
REMINDER: This was written in February, aka BCEW (before COVID evicerated the world). I can’t think of many novels about new ideas — about how the thinkers came up with them, rather than the consequences to the world — but … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Australia, Fiction, New Zealand
Tagged Bruce Chatwin, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, WG Sebald
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Furthest south
To kick-off my themed posts over the next few weeks: I give you books set in New Zealand and Australia, many by Kiwi and Aussie authors. If you’re following me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know why. Here, though, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Culture clash, Fiction, Historical fiction, New Zealand, Travel
Tagged Keri Hulme
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In the near future
Lory at The Emerald City Book Review recently wondered if her readers had reading plans for the year. Excellent question, if only because it gives me a chance to prep you for what’s to come on this blog. My usual … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Am reading, Australia, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, New Zealand, Travel
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