Arguing about what is a good book is of course as pointless as trying to find consensus on a favourite dish. Discussing good writing, however, is another thing altogether. I came across a rather mediocre piece lately*, but decided to finish it regardless, and use it for educational purposes. Do note that I would never encourage anyone to read awkwardly written literature, as the world is full of excellent books. So don’t necessarily try the following at home.
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Fashion Gets On Its High Horse
Paris Fashion Week is in full trot, and reading books is getting rather a good rep in fancy establishments such as Harper’s Bazaar and …And Just Like That, so I feel almost obliged to offer my observations.
Continue reading “Fashion Gets On Its High Horse”Book Tip: Glamorous Spies
As the geopolitical situation tenses up, it is advisable to take a break from daily headlines about hybrid attacks and escape to Manhattan in 1953, when working lunches had a three-martini minimum and the spies engaged in sexy-time on Coney Island carnival rides.
Continue reading “Book Tip: Glamorous Spies”London, Paris, Vienna
Despite having developed a rather reliable picker as regards books (picker is unfortunately rather poor with most other life choices), I sometimes buy and read the odd palate-cleanser, which means a literary mid-snack between very good books so as to appreciate superb writing afterwards.
Continue reading “London, Paris, Vienna”Book Tip For the Imminent Energy Crisis
The following makes me sound like I’m the kind of person who has elaborate liquid lunches at restaurants with fellow bloggers, but after a recent a liquid lunch with a fellow blogger we ended up in a bookstore and she casually recommended a book she’d discovered somewhere online.
Continue reading “Book Tip For the Imminent Energy Crisis”Book Tip: Art, Ambition, Aggression
I had already concluded that I’d reached the saturation point of millennial novels (ie. very thinly veiled auto-fiction). You know the type: (stereo)typically a 30-something kid moans about how unfair and politically incorrect the world is, adds a couple of words about their journey of learning to cope with everything by creating a safe space of some sort, and all this without any self-reflection. The End.
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