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Tag Archives: Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan sure does have the corner on the middle-class-white-men-having-existential-crises market, doesn’t he?
In Machines Like Me, McEwan conjures a world not quite like the one we know. It’s the eighties in Britain – the Falklands War has been lost, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Continue reading
I’m waiting for… 2019 edition
Seems there’s lots of good reading to be done this year (have I ever started a year not thinking the same…? No). Continue reading
Four Quick Reviews
It’s getting to that stage where every spare moment is spent on ‘end-of-year’ stuff, leaving precious little time for writing reviews. I’m taking a short-cut. Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. Dragged the children to the MoMA exhibition this week. I didn’t take pics of my favourite pieces (too busy enjoying) – a Le Corbusier scale model of Villa Sayoye and a small Matisse canvas that was amazingly vibrant.
I watched the airport departures board included in the exhibition for ages – you don’t realise what you miss until you see it again… the soft whir of the board clicking over was deeply nostalgic. Continue reading
Book vs. Film: On Chesil Beach
Book. Because – Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. I took my daughter to the Katy Perry Witness concert last week. As always, Perry was FUN, energetic, and wearing amazing costumes. Highlights: the staging for Swish Swish and the eighties South Beach vibe for her Teenage Dream set (bad pics but you get the idea). Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Atonement to Bitter Orange
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up! Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. I’ve finished uni for the semester. Now I’m planning six weeks of fun. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – two thrillers and a spy story
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