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Book Review: The Graduate
The Graduate by Charles Webb. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. The Graduate is set in the 1960s, and introduces us to Benjamin Braddock just after he has returned home to his parents’ house in California following his graduation from a small college in the east of the United States. His parents are throwing a…
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Book Review: Memory by Bernadette Mayer
Memory by Bernadette Mayer. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. I’m a big fan of photobooks, and already have way too many in my collection, including books by Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Alec Soth, Linda McCartney, Martin Parr, Raymon Depardon, David Bailey, and many others. I wasn’t familiar with Bernadette Mayer’s work until recently, but…
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Book Review: Chariots of the Gods?
Chariots Of The Gods? Was God an Astronaut? by Erich von Däniken. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. I first read Chariots of The Gods when I was twenty, and recall how much I enjoyed it. At the time, I felt it had opened my eyes to some amazing possibilities. I’m a very different person…
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Book Review: The World of All Creatures Great & Small
The World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House by All Creatures Great and Small. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. The World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House is my first book of 2022, although technically I started it in 2021 when I received it as a…
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Top Three Books of 2021
During 2021, my reading rate has been nowhere near as impressive as it was in 2020. I’m not sure why that is. However, I’ve read a good mix of non-fiction, novels, and short stories, and have continued keeping track of everything through Goodreads, which means I can carry on my now yearly tradition of picking…
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Book Review: Under Orders
Under Orders by Dick Francis.My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Under orders is the first Dick Francis novel I have read. It’s also the first one he penned after his wife’s death left him bereft and without a research partner for his writing. Thankfully, his son Felix stepped into that role, beginning a fruitful collaboration…
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Book Review: The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook
The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook: The First Guide To What Really Matters In Life by Ann Barr and Peter York.My rating: 5 of 5 stars. I’ve owned this book for a number of years, and have flicked through it many times, but never properly read it until now. Written by Ann Barr and Peter York,…
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Book Review: Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King.My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Nightmares and Dreamscapes is a collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published as a volume in 1993. I have had this book in my library for well over ten years, and finally got around to finishing it after a false start several…
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