Happy 100th Birthday the Finnish Library Association!

Sunday, 23 January 2011

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What we've read recently, and our biased, ill-informed opinions thereof.

Cardiff's bookshelf: read

Something of the Night

by Ian Marchant

Oh dear.

A while ago I read At Day's Close: a History of Nighttime, by A. Roger Ekirch (available at a brilliant library near you), which was a fascinating study of man and his nocturnal habits. Shortly afterwards I read ...

On Nature: Ramblings on the British Countryside. by Caught by the River

by Caught by the River

There's been something of a renaissance in nature writing over the last few years, and I had high hopes for this second anthology from the good people who run and contribute to http://www.caughtbytheriver.net but somehow, at least for me, i...

From the Mouth of the Whale

by Sjón

Proof positive that comtemporary Icelandic literature is so much more than the (rather good) crime novels that most people seem to be aware of. If you're only going to read one novel about 17th century Iceland this year, then make it this ...

Dark Matter

by Michelle Paver

I really enjoyed this. It's been ages since I've read anything that was promoted as a ghost story as it's not a genre to which I'm usually drawn. This has echoes of the traditional ghost stories of M R James, with a hint of Lovecraft in th...

Story of Swimming

by Susie Parr

As glossy coffee-table types books about the history of swimming go, this is hard to beat. Susie Parr has crammed in every aspect of swimming she can think of - the history, the spirituality, the personal recollections. On occassion this ...

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Happy 100th Birthday the Finnish Library Association!

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