Claire's Corner
Thank you all for celebrating my first blog birthday with me; I appreciated your warm and thoughtful comments. I was also interested in seeing which books I have highlighted over the past year were selected should you win my give-away; I was delighted to see so many of you coveting my favourite Persephone book, Lady [...]
The Cat Inside
Today’s post was supposed to be the third installment of my I Am a Cat review but, despite the additional month for the read-along, I am running behind; expect my thoughts later in the week. As it is though, I do have something -well, two somethings- cat-related. In my post on the first volume of [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
I Am a Cat Vol.1
I am a Cat. As yet I have no name.
I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume began as a short story, which makes up chapter one of Volume one, but due to its success was extended into a three-volume book that is now a Japanese classic. Highly readable, I Am a Cat is narrated [...]






