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REVIEW: Pretty Dirty Things

Posted on September 21, 2019June 14, 2020 by Sophie

It was, as is so often the case, the cover that caught my eye. I was in Unity Books, browsing the stacks for a bit of contemporary something or other. Something a little bit femme fatale suited my mood.    … Continue reading »REVIEW: Pretty Dirty Things

Categories: Reading, Reviews
Beat the Backlog: the Unread Shelf reading challenge 2019

Beat the Backlog: the Unread Shelf reading challenge 2019

Posted on February 6, 2019June 14, 2020 by Sophie

It’s no secret that I don’t read as much as I should. … Continue reading »Beat the Backlog: the Unread Shelf reading challenge 2019

Categories: Reading

A is for Angst

Posted on April 19, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

I’m going to do an alphabet. Just every so often, when I have nothing more urgent to talk about. Sorry about no posts last week – I had an essay due Thursday, so Wednesday I couldn’t spare the time, and … Continue reading »A is for Angst

Categories: On Writing

Bird by Bird

Posted on March 3, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Bird by Bird is a book about writing, for writers. You will know if this is you. Anne Lamott isn’t telling you much you haven’t heard before. You’ve read it all in writer interviews and blog posts and pep talks, … Continue reading »Bird by Bird

Categories: Reading, Reviews

PROSE: Time

Posted on February 21, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

  March. A dissertation on Freedom. She browses through the library stacks for Freud’s “Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious.” Reading it at home that evening she finds a passage underlined that exemplifies what she seeks from the book: “Freedom … Continue reading »PROSE: Time

Categories: Prose

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Posted on January 20, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Decay is a favourite artistic theme of mine. The melancholy of nostalgia is another. A Visit from the Goon Squad, roaming back and forth across time, has both in spades. The question has been raised whether it is a novel … Continue reading »A Visit from the Goon Squad

Categories: Reading, Reviews

Favourite Books #2: Watership Down

Posted on January 6, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

We lost Richard Adams in the last week of 2016, so it seemed appropriate to talk about how one of his books, Watership Down, was a touchstone throughout my childhood. The opening scene is one of those “classic English countryside” … Continue reading »Favourite Books #2: Watership Down

Categories: Reading, Reviews

To extend our reach to the skies above

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Sophie

This week involved the launch of Pokémon Go, and I do love me a good dose of fiction invading reality. I mentioned it back on the 25th of May, which really was more about characters, but shows how narratives dig … Continue reading »To extend our reach to the skies above

Categories: On Life

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Posted on July 7, 2016December 21, 2018 by Sophie

I was unsure whether I wanted to write about Nineteen Eighty-Four. I don’t feel like I’m really “qualified” for it. It’s one of those books that tends to be studied, and I read it… Well, I was going to say … Continue reading »Nineteen Eighty-Four

Categories: Reading, Reviews

He owns a cat named Montague and eats afghans

Posted on May 11, 2016December 21, 2018 by Sophie

Once, I went into a Travelling Shop. It was a second-hand bookshop. The bookshelves were in different sizes. The place had an old sort of feel to it – it was in an older building, down a mysterious lane in … Continue reading »He owns a cat named Montague and eats afghans

Categories: On Life

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