Monthly Archives: November 2017

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Posted on November 29, 2017 by bookbii

For those of you who have seen the movie Gladiator, you may recognise the name Marcus Aurelius as being the old emperor who offers Maximus the stewardship of Rome, only to be assassinated by his own son, inadvertently condemning Maximus … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, comfort books, non-fiction, philosophy | 8 Comments

Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson (translated by Linda Coverdale)

Posted on November 21, 2017 by bookbii

I can’t believe that I have failed to blog about this book before, but I’ve checked both this blog and my old blog and somehow this little gem has slipped through the cracks. Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson … Continue reading →

Posted in comfort books, memoir, nature, non-fiction, outwith, re-read | 7 Comments

Zero K by Don DeLillo

Posted on November 14, 2017 by bookbii

Life has been a bit messy recently, strangely bitty and unsettled and I’ve found myself craving silence and darkness, crystal-cold clarity and the icy certainty of facts and analysable data. It may have something to do with the slow procession … Continue reading →

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Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Posted on November 5, 2017 by bookbii

I first hear of Sylvia Townsend Warner when David Mitchell (who I adore) named her book The Corner That Held Them as one of his favourite books of all time. This was some time ago and I never got around … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, fiction, gender | 9 Comments