Book Review – Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
This review was originally published on Goodreads. It would be easy to pick apart Alain de Botton’s manifesto on the usefulness of religion, and indeed I’m left wishing that he had not left quite so...
View ArticleThoughts on Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’
For once it’s easy to choose Goodreads 5-star rating for a book, given that the rollover reminds us this means ‘it was amazing’ rather than the 4-star ‘I really liked it.’ Lolita was amazing. I’m not...
View ArticleJamaica: divine retribution
In honour of Jamaica’s 50th year of independence celebrations today, and my countrymen Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake’s exploits last night – and also because I’m still not getting around to much blogging...
View ArticlePlanesrunner by Ian McDonald
There is not just one you, there are many yous. We’re part of a multiplicity of universes in parallel dimensions – and Everett Singh’s dad has found a way in. So begins the jacket copy for...
View Article#WomenToRead and Reviews
A quickie post to draw your attention to two cool things that happened yesterday, both discovered by me during what *should* have been a fifteen-minute tea break. One was the #womentoread meme on...
View ArticleA list of lists
I’ve been kept warm and cozy by all the lovely mentions of my books on people’s best-of and most-looking-forward-to lists over the past few weeks. It’s been a wonderful end to a remarkable year, and I...
View ArticleThe City’s Son shines
I’ve just finished reading one of those books that grabs hold and hangs on and gets in your way until you’re done with it; or until it, possibly, is done with you. The kind that interrupts my own...
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