It’s time for #6degrees. Join in and see which direction your book chain takes you.
This month we begin with controversial bestseller by a member of the eighties ‘literary Brat Pack’ – Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Jay McInerney
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney – a literary mixtape
It’s had a squillion reviews on Goodreads; it was a re-read for me; and it’s packed with pithy one-liners – all good reasons for a literary mixtape for Jay McInerney’s eighties classic, Bright Lights, Big City.
If you haven’t already read it, get on it – it’s a brilliant snapshot of grief in its denial phase, set against eighties New York with its largesse, its cocaine, its filth, its beautiful people.
4/5 It holds up.
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Saturday Night / Cold Chisel
The night has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where two A.M. changes to six A.M. You know this moment has come and gone, but you are not yet willing to concede that you have crossed the line beyond which all is gratuitous damage and the palsy of unravelled nerve endings. Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. Went to see The Dressmaker costume exhibition. It was glorious. I won’t pretend, it was nice to see clothes that had been intimately close to a Hemsworth. Continue reading
Quick reviews (because I’m overwhelmed with study and the books were underwhelming)
So much to learn about E.coli, so little time. So many books that I’ve read but haven’t had time to review. This short post satisfies one one of these issues.
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from 1984 to Delicacy
It’s time again for my favourite meme. Based on the concept of six degrees of separation, Emma Chapman and Annabel Smith have created #6DEGREES, where bloggers share links between books in six moves. Check out the rules if you want to play along. Continue reading