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Continue reading →: Book Review: What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley
What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley by David Shrigley My rating: 1 of 5 stars Let me start by stating my credentials: I’m legally sane;I’m reputedly reasonably intelligent;I have several graduate and post-graduate qualifications and training including several in Art History;I love art – in particularly…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ironically, the passage from Durrell’s book which I was using as a teaching example for my English students – and which led me to finally pick up this famous work – isn’t actually in this book!…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am a definite fan of Hosseini’s storytelling so I was looking forward to reading his latest book. I had some trepidation though too. ‘The Kite Runner’ was a hard but astonishing story which was clearly critical…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings by Craig Brown
Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings by Craig Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars Interesting Literature is a fascinating online site which, among many other wonderful things, reviews quirky books from time to time. Unfortunately for me (more accurately, my bank balance) these books almost invariably…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad My rating: 3 of 5 stars The shortest review I’ve ever written, for any medium, was on Joseph Conrad’s ‘Lord Jim’. I did not try to hide my feelings and finished the review with this: “I haven’t read ‘Heart of Darkness’ but, despite loving…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ah, at last, a classic book which still deserves its place in the canon of great literature! If you’re a regular reader of my reviewers you’ll know I’m close to despairing over the books which are considered ‘must-reads’ long…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Who Shot Percy Toplis? by Jim Cox
Who Shot Percy Toplis? by Jim Cox My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s not often I get to review a book from an author local to me, let alone a book set in a place I know quite well. Jim Cox’s new book looking at the true story of…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: SPQR – A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Interested in learning more about this book? Shortform provide a brilliant set of summary notes you will find really helpful. Get your free trial here with 20% off the subscription you use the link. Flying in the face of other reviews for this book, I can honestly say I lost…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: An Inspector Calls and Other Plays by J.B. Priestley
An Inspector Calls and Other Plays by J.B. Priestley My rating: 2 of 5 stars I recall seeing ‘An Inspector Calls’ in my youth. I couldn’t remember anything about it, truth be told, so when this text turned up in my son’s GCSE set texts for English I was delighted…
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