I Served the King of England

This month’s book for Savidge Reads’ and Kimbofo’s book group was I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal. This Czech book in translation was my choice. I first came across Hrabal six years ago when I took a Slavonic literature course as an elective at University and read his novella Closely Observed Trains; [...]

Trouble with Lichen

Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham is a Science Fiction novel set in the 1950s but do not let that put you off! It is an entertaining novel that in many ways is both a product of its time, progressive for its time and timeless. It is also a social satire and did I mention [...]

Voice Over

They have known each other for a long time. She has never quite been able to recall the moment when they met, the place, the precise day, whether she shook his hand or they kissed on the cheek. Nor has she ever thought to ask him. She does have a first memory, though. As she [...]

Book Groups

Do you all belong to book groups? I belong to two: this one and another that a friend invited me to at the beginning of the year. Both are very different but each are fun and a great way to meet new people (in a strange city) and discuss books with like-minded individuals face-to-face. The [...]

The Bell Jar

“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York”. Such an opening line! It was a queer, sultry summer, ten years ago that I first discovered Sylvia Plath, the summer before I began University. Back then I didn’t know who the [...]

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