books

• 18 Apr 2021

  I’ve been rediscovering how much I enjoy using my 1st generation Kindle Paperwhite. I’m trying to read more ‘real’ books (and obtain from places other than Amazon) but occasionally the Kindle price is considerably cheaper. 📚

• 08 Apr 2021

  📚 Finished “Best Short Stories” by Somerset Maugham. A fascinating set of stories from a period of very different attitudes and world views.

• 01 Apr 2021

  We like books in our household. Sometimes with children it’s hard to get the quiet time needed for a really good reading session, and it’s too easy just to collapse in front of the TV on in the evening. So Thursday is reading night. As it’s now the Easter holidays our six year old stayed up a little later once his sister had gone to bed and joined us with his book of choice.

  This evening my wife, son and I were reading:

  • 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
  • The Twits by Roald Dahl
  • Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
• 07 Mar 2021

  One to maybe read: Yanis Varoufakis - Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present

• 06 Mar 2021

  Do I have time for another magazine subscription? Insert in this months Prospect Magazine is looking tempting... Slightly Foxed - https://foxedquarterly.com

• 05 Mar 2021

  Best recent purchase was a neck reading light. After my daughter stuck a raisin onto the bulb of a reading lamp which started smouldering I decided to investigate portable alternatives that the children couldn’t break. A fantastic device that I use for reading all round the house as well as before going to sleep. Very light to have around my neck and the battery lasts for around 80 hours between charges.

  

• 04 Mar 2021

  Happy World Book Day!. This year R and C are Harry Potter and a Unicorn. Not sure why she is a unicorn - the connection to any of her favourite books is at best tenuous!