The thing about What a Wonderful World by Marcus Chown is that it is like a fruitcake – very rich, very dense, and full of tasty little nuggets. For instance, did you know that the invention
Continue ReadingReviews
Review: Kiss Me First
Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very interesting take on social media. Leila is a dowdy, shut-in teenager traumatised by the death of her mother. She is drawn in
Continue ReadingMarcus Chown and the Return of the Q&A!
So I’m delighted to announce that Marcus Chown, science writer and all round good guy, is back on The Book of Lost Nights to answer my thorny and possibly inane science questions as part
Continue Reading
Review: The Historian
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova My rating: 4 of 5 stars (Gigantic spoilers included!) I felt ultimately torn about this book. It boasts a slow but atmospheric beginning. Yet I was awake late into the
Continue Reading
Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this by the time I was done. After a rocky relationship with it at the beginning, it cut suddenly
Continue Reading
Review: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another of those classics I’ve been promising myself I’d get around to for years, and now I have, and yet
Continue Reading
Review: The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars A tiny, beautifully put together little ghost story. It lacks the bombast of the play or the movie, but is full of
Continue Reading
Review: Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’d never read any Ibsen before and was astonished by this – its psychological depth compared to its economy was amazing, even for drama.
Continue Reading