“Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons I have spent January reading only fiction. Not deliberately - it just worked out like that. Perhaps it is that time of year when hunkering … Continue reading Lives closely examined: seven books to savour
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Winter Reading Review
In my Winter Reading Preview Post, I wrote about a number of books I planned to read before the end of 2016. It is a good job I am not employed as a predictor of the future, because I hardly stuck to this list at all. Not to worry - I still managed to … Continue reading Winter Reading Review
Winter Reading Preview
Image ©Tom Gauld/Conde Nast/The New Yorker Following my two recent reading reviews (here and here), I thought it might be worth taking brief stock of where I am in my reading year. At the start of the year, I wrote about my two reading goals: to finish at least 50 books; and to work my … Continue reading Winter Reading Preview