And a Last Few Titles of the Year . . .
I’m unhappy with how few of the books I read this year made it into a post, even in the briefest review. But I’m busy, and I’m human, and I suppose I always try to…
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Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
I loved Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which I found on the remaindered table at Munro’s Books in Victoria where I also picked up Per Peterson’s Out Stealing Horses last winter. It often strikes…
View PostAmitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke
This year, I’m not going to put off recording titles until I get a chance to respond to them thoughtfully because I’ve learned that may never happen. Instead, I’ll give a few quick impressions when…
View PostBook-buying and The Slap
If you follow my main blog, materfamilias writes, you know that we try to travel light, relying on carry-on luggage only. Besides shoes, the big challenge to this restriction is in the number of books…
View PostRushdie’s Shalimar the Clown
I do a fair bit of reading while riding the ferry to town in the morning and back home in the evening, even carrying a small light in my bag against the dark of winter…
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