The Vet’s Daughter

Last month I mentioned that I was participating in an informal read-along of The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns with Simon of Stuck in a Book and Polly of Novel Insights. Serendipitously I picked up a Virago Modern Classics copy of the book (at Verity’s persuasion) on the day of the UK Book Bloggers’ Meet-Up, [...]

On the Bedside Table

Do you have several books on the go at once? I’m usually what you would consider a monogamous reader: a girl who is loyal to one book at a time; occasionally though I read a few books at once, especially longer classics and books that I am reading over an extended period of time. Books [...]

To the Lighthouse

I meant nothing by The Lighthouse. One has to have a central line down the middle of the book to hold the design together. I saw that all sorts of feelings would accrue to this but I refused to think them out, and trusted that people would make it the deposit of their emotions – [...]

The Housekeeper & the Professor

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa is a tender exploration of the relationship between a housekeeper, her client the maths Professor and her son, Root, who is so-called by the Professor because his flat head reminds him of a square root sign. The Professor suffered brain-damage in a car accident seventeen years previously [...]

I Am a Cat Vol. II

I have enjoyed Volume II of I Am a Cat as much as I have Volume I, probably more so as I have become immersed in the novel and attuned to its narrator and satirical humour. I Am a Cat is highly amusing with wry perceptions through the eyes of a cat. Volume II has [...]

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