Are you familiar with Chris Kraus’s writing? I have never read her seminal work, I Love Dick, but did enjoy the TV series based on the book that came out a couple of years ago. It’s certainly not necessary to have read her previous work to appreciate her latest ‘novel’ (it’s actually a combination of autofiction, memoir and true crime), The Four Spent the Day Together, however, I suspect it would have been a richer reading experience had I. Continue reading
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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. A local sinkhole! I got there as quickly as I could (it was well and truly roped off) (image of the hole from here). Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Dangerous Liaisons to The House of Mirth
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.
This month we begin with Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – two memoirs and one double biography
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. This week, it was announced that clothing chain Katies, is closing. A bittersweet moment. Katies was my first casual job (in the eighties) – I had desperately wished I was working at Sportsgirl or Portmans or Cherrylane but alas, it was selling elastic-waisted pants to middle-aged women, that filled my Friday nights and Saturday mornings. Continue reading