15) Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum The subtitle to this book is 'The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends', which gives a more accurate sense of the territory it covers. Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian, and this book is her attempt to understand the rise of populist (and far-right) political… Continue reading Year 6 / Book 15: Twilight of Democracy
Category: essays
Year 6 – catch-up; Books 1-10 including Zadie Smith, Max Porter and Abir Mukherjee
As the more eagle-eyed or regular reader will know, Lockdown 1.0 featured of a baby for us which, it is fair to say, has had something of an impact on a) the whole book a week thing and b) keeping up with reviews. I have considered just moving this into a children's book blog, but… Continue reading Year 6 – catch-up; Books 1-10 including Zadie Smith, Max Porter and Abir Mukherjee
Year 5 / Book 10: Trick Mirror
10) Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino I have no memory of where I read about this collection of essays, but I know it sat on my book list for a while until it popped up at reduced rate on Kindle. And I'm very glad it did too. Tolentino zips at breakneck pace through… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 10: Trick Mirror
Dog-eared Man: a book a week 