My summer reading plans!
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Mini catch-up: other books and films and stuff
What else I’ve been doing recently
Oscar-nominated Romanian film Collective (Review no 152)
My review of the Oscar-nominated Romanian health-care scandal documentary Collectivee
March 2021 Round-up
I’ve read a few great books this month, after splurging on a handful of newly released hardbacks (well, the library’s shut so…. and never mind all the unread books around the house). The most enjoyable read was Canadian author Emily St Mandel’s 2020 release The Glass Hotel. I’d loved Station Eleven a few years back, …
February 2021 Round-up
Monthly round-up for February 2021
February 2021 TBR
I had a birthday this week, so my TBR pile, officially already out of control, has become even more so. Four books arrived from my parents, I unwrapped a book each from my son and my youngest daughter, and a pal dropped off a book, so my new pile looks like this (including the two …
Cultural Plans for November 2020
My reading and other plans for November 2020
A Rare Sighting of my TBR Shelf
Normal service will resume on the blog later this week, but in the meantime I’ve spent a happy hour ‘arranging’ all my unread books, double stacked and higgeldy-piggeldy, on a single shelf. This is an attempt to persuade myself to use the time when I would otherwise be shopping for books, or going out, or …
International Reads (and Views) for a Lockdown
Much of the world is locked down as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, and normal routines have been dramatically changed. I’m finding it hard to concentrate on things I usually love, which include watching films (preferably at the cinema) and reading voraciously. Here are a few thematic ideas for books and films that might …
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Review no 59: Capernaum, film by Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA This is a beautifully realised but harrowing 2018 film, directed and co-written by Nadine Labaki, and nominated in the category of Best Foreign Language Film in the 91st Academy Awards. The film made the shortlist, although it eventually lost out to Mexican film Roma. According to Wikipedia, Capernaum (a …
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