This was a spontaneous purchase. In St George’s (huh! No, really?), snarfing a stack of Pratchetts, and the orange cover of Frau Goldman, that delightful, delectable word. Anarchism. I’ve been facing a horrible venture into Marxism for over a month. … Continue reading
Probably seen before, but I picked this up and flicked through during graaghmas dinner, where it had become a present for someone. My yoga reading had been confined mostly to Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, and long in the distant past, … Continue reading
This is the last of the six I picked up because of Jo Walton’s Among Others, (one of which is so dreadfully bad I won’t mention it), which has sent me to sleep several times already. Plato, who is unavoidable … Continue reading
Annemarie Schwarzenbach – All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
And … here we go again. Another year finishing arbitrarily in mid-ish-October marking approximately an anniversary of when I first decided to blab about whatever I happened to be reading, with the caveat that no, no writing about what I … Continue reading
This is one I haven’t been able to pretend I wouldn’t eventually get hold of, having been greatly discussed on quite a few blogs I read. From anthropology to science-fiction, David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5000 Years has been peculiarly unavoidable … Continue reading
An unexpected read. Saturday being my last full day in Brussels and wanting desperately for something to take on the train (and having my eyes on one thing in particular), I was thwarted by the country’s national day. Appropriate as … Continue reading
This is one book I’ve been waiting for a long time to arrive. It was around August last year when first set to be published, and I was fearing it would remain elusively in the future. So now, the top … Continue reading
A completely unexpected find yesterday while haunting Saint George’s (new China Miéville just published and miscellaneous sci-fi to pick up). Rummaging through the large books section, looking at the graphic novels and wondering if I should buy something easy to read, … Continue reading
It took a while to arrive … I’m not even sure now what prompted me to decide I wanted to read this, given it was published in 2009, and I tend to be on a “Want now! Why must I … Continue reading