As part of our year long readalong of War and Peace (it's not too late to join!), Nick has selected a number of Tolstoy's short stories and essays to make our 361 chapter book stretch to 366 days.At the end of Volume 1, we have the first such extension read. Perfectly timed, too, I have to … Continue reading The Three Questions | Leo Tolstoy #ShortStory
Before Thomas Thwaites dreamed up the idea of being a GoatMan and before Peter Wohlleben communed with the trees in Germany, Frances Hodgson Burnett gave us the original back to nature, talk with the animals, boy child, Dickon. Dickon is a kindred spirit to all the creatures that live on the moors. He mothers orphaned lambs and … Continue reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I have no idea what I'm going to say about this book.I finished it on Sunday night but I'm not sure if I can tell you what it was about, because I'm still trying to work it out for myself!This book reminds me of Possession by A.S. Byatt in that I know enough to know that I … Continue reading The Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee
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