Earthsea
Earthsea Returning to a favourite book after several years is often a pleasure. In relation to Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy, that’s an understatement. [...]
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11, 2023
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Here and There – Prague
Here and There – Prague Prague is an unusual city, at least as I see it. I’ve been there a few times, and it [...]
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11, 2023
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose There have been many occasions when I have realised that I am a rather naïve reader. I pick up [...]
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10, 2023
The Hobbit
If Lyra Belaqua is one of the great characters in fantasy fiction, for me her equal has to be Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. [...]
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10, 2023
His Dark Materials
DD20 – Northern Lights We’re at the beginning of Part One, headed ‘Oxford’. The first chapter is ‘The Decanter of Tokay’. “Lyra and her [...]
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09, 2023
The Owl Service
The Owl Service Returning to a book you’d enjoyed many years ago but has been unread since can be an unpredictable experience. The second [...]
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09, 2023
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing It seems such an insubstantial volume now, and yet it had a huge impact on me when I bought it, an [...]
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08, 2023
A Wrinkle in Time
DD17 – A Wrinkle in Time I guess it is difficult now to understand the impact of Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wrinkle in Time [...]
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08, 2023
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Looking back twenty years, it’s difficult now to remember the first time I read Mark [...]
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07, 2023
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit I wish I had a better memory, especially for my earlier years. Like most people, I suspect, I only remember odd events, [...]