Jacob’s Room, by Virginia Woolf The thing about Jacob’s Room, before discussing its structure or characters or story or any of that, is that it has some of the most remarkably beautiful…| Pechorin's Journal
Late I know, but in case anyone is curious I thought I’d share my 2024 end of year list. I like to do these in January in case I have a great late December read, which this year I did! So, without …| Pechorin's Journal
The Pendragon Legend, by Antal Szerb Antal Szerb is best known for his second novel, Journey by Moonlight, which was published by Pushkin Press and proved something of a success for them. Before th…| Pechorin's Journal
Well, a dozen and a few honourable mentions because it was really hard winnowing down to a shortlist this year. 2023 was the year of Project Chunkster – a deliberate attempt to read some of the longer books on my … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
July and August were pretty great reading months. There were a few that didn’t quite hit the mark for me, but many more that did. Project chunkster continued, helped by a July holiday in Italy with lots of train journeys. … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
Another mixed bag of a month. The June chunkster isn’t below as though it took a fair bit of June reading time I didn’t finish it until July. Rosewater Insurrection, Tade Thompson Second volume of Tade Thompson’s rather good Rosewater … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
This is arguably a little late coming out. Still, here we are. May was a mixed month. One book carried over from April that I loved, a couple that I liked, then several I really didn’t connect with. Still, the … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
Late I know, but I was ill and I’ve been busy. I’m no longer ill, though still pretty busy. Even so, the ever-growing TBR pile won’t read itself. April had lots of enjoyable reading, dominated by a book that’ll actually … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
In just before the end of April! My 2023 goal of reading longer books continues, which means that while I read a fair bit in March there’s not that many titles to talk about. It is satisfying though to have … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
This is my year of reading longer books and so far that’s going ok. I’ve gone back to Proust who I hadn’t read since 2018. I’ve also gone back to Tolstoy and I’ve just finished Maria Enriquez’ rather huge Our … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
I’ve been crazy busy since the start of the year and likely will be for another month or two yet, so my usually late posts may be even later. I’m temporarily covering for an extra team while its new head … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
I never do my end of year write-ups before January. There’s two reasons for that. One is that I always hope my next read will be amazing, and that’s as true in late December as it is say in mid-March. … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal