Your brain wants to be happy! The Song Machine, by John Seabrook (cont.)
As someone who has taken to making music using Logic Pro, John Seabrook’s book about song factories fascinated me. IContinue Reading
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Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (2) – What is it with harems?
In this post, I continue looking at a select few biographies about mad, bad and dangerous monarchs and masters ofContinue Reading
Backstories Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of classical fiction Review of classical novel Review of new non-fiction
Are you pondering what I’m pondering? – The lost, Icelandic version of “Dracula”
This is the Icelandic version of Bram Stoker’s famous Victorian Gothic novel, Dracula. Powers of Darkness, called Makt Myrkranna, “the powerContinue Reading
Discussion of writing style Non-fiction Pastoral Literature Review of new book Review of new non-fiction Subjective non-fiction
A different kind of oasis – Paradise Gardens, by Monty Don and Derry Moore
I have long been an admirer of Monty Don, the horticulturist and garden expert. I love watching him on hisContinue Reading
This is why we love our “stuff” – The Memory Palace, by Edward Hollis
When I studied Interior Decorating years ago, I didn’t have the foggiest idea about the real significance of interiors. YouContinue Reading
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Will it…Print? – Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality
I have been watching Rhett and Link, a.k.a Rhett McLaughlin and Link (Charles) Neal, on their YouTube channel, Good MythicalContinue Reading
Required Reading – The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Sometimes reading is work, and the more I read to review the rarer it is that I discover a bookContinue Reading
Scoundrels, crooks and high rollers – “Boereverneukers”, by Izak du Plessis
Izak du Plessis’s non-fiction dive into the fascinating if mortifying world of Afrikaans scoundrels, crooks and high rollers should alsoContinue Reading
Discussion of author’s portfolio Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Non-fiction Review of memoir The Grim Reaper
Forensic analysis of death – Nothing to Be Frightened Of, by Julian Barnes
Death is a difficult subject to write about, but particularly when it is not coincidental but core to a book’s theme orContinue Reading
More famous than ever – Jane Austen Cover to Cover, by Margaret C. Sullivan
Even if you know nothing about Jane Austen, never read one of her novels, and never seen a movie adaptationContinue Reading
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