An online notebook
Interesting article on the Guardian Books site about comments made by John Sutherland, the Chairman of the 2005 Man Booker Prize Panel: The newly announced chairman of the 2005 Man Booker prize has admitted that the judges are unlikely to read all 130 books in contention, while describing his fellow judges as “light on the … Keep reading
The journalist and occasional Tory politician Boris Johnson yesterday posted the following on his blog: January 19, 2005 Calling /attention all bloggers It’s quarter to four and I’ve got to write a column. which shall I do? Any ideas 1. euthanasia in Clint Eastwood’s latest movie 2. Grammar in schools 3. the Airbus 380? 4. … Keep reading
How’s this for a stupid idea: I’m going to run a poll among Palimpsesters to decide what to read next. I’ll give a shortlist of 5 books, and whichever garners the most votes I read after the Greene. Which books am I going to choose for the shortlist? Don Quixote? Ulysees? Yeah, right. The exact … Keep reading
Sick Puppy was a good read. Funny and violent, it brought me much enjoyment. Trouble is, I can’t think of much else to say about it. On my Palimplist I gave it 4 out of 5 stars, but I think I need to downgrade it to 3. Three is still a good score, right? And … Keep reading
I bought the new Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote. It’s a beautifully bound hardback, and will be a pleasure to read, when I get round to it…