pickWell that was a crime novel like no other I have ever read. I almost gave up about 3/4 through it. So glad I didn‘t . Even teared up near the end. 🥲 Was a bit of a challenge but worth it in the end. Very clever.
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pickWell that was a crime novel like no other I have ever read. I almost gave up about 3/4 through it. So glad I didn‘t . Even teared up near the end. 🥲 Was a bit of a challenge but worth it in the end. Very clever.
pan14 Jan-2 Mar 25
Finally finished! I remember enjoying this book at uni, but re-reading in anticipation of Polly studying it for IB LIT has been tedious. Perhaps it was because the structure was no longer novel? Or maybe it is a book that needs to be studied and discussed rather than read for pleasure? I may need to do some additional reading to appreciate it whilst it is still close to mind because as the moment it just seems contrived.
pickBack from hols + Barney's relieved back in our favourite reading spot. Anyway, I took away with me Muriel Sparks' 1st novel, a curious story breaking the author/character wall as Caroline hears a typewriter repeating her words as she thinks them. With threads into diabolic black masses & Catholicism, this is a strange tale that definitely has that spark feel, but perhaps lacks the later subtlety & dark edge, but for me, she can do little wrong.
Went to see Chris Brookmyre speak today at Edinburgh Book Fest.
This one sounds right up my street... it's a meta mashup mystery - cosy crime meets hard-boiled thriller.
Can't wait!
so-soI alternated between the print book and audiobook on this one. I really like it on a word-and-sentence level, and the imagery is vivid, which I love, but the overall meaning eludes me. This is possibly the point, but it also makes the novel a little too slippery. I still love Oyeyemi's writing, but this one doesn't quite hit for me.
Audiocooking (granola, chicken, Brussels sprouts, NOT all mixed together) to the tagged book, which is leaving me feeling a little drunk and a lot like I need to visit Prague.
pickWhether it's visual art, music, movies, or literature, I love seeing an artist reference their own favorite influences. In Oyeyemi's latest, she mashes up two Calvino novels - If on a winter's night and Invisible Cities (maybe more? - those are the only two I've read) with a few nods to Borges mixed in. It's perfect fuel for this meditation on the infinity of mental representations of the same city that exist in the minds of its visitors 👇
A friend brought us a bouquet from her garden yesterday, and I thought it would look nice with these library holds I‘m very excited about!! 💜📚💐
#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday I read a great article this week titled “Italo Calvino's 14 Definitions of What Makes a Classic” and when I googled the highlighted word most of the results linked back to the article I‘d started from. Apparently Calvino uses it in the tagged book too. It never shows up in a dictionary but the consensus seems to be that he‘s Anglicized the Italian verb for to pulverize (I don‘t speak Italian).👇🏼
