Category Archives: books

Lots of good books this year, with me thoroughly enjoying stuff I’ve read by Pynchon, Ishiguro, Petrushevskaya, Jhumpa Lahiri and Teju Cole, as well as several books from Steven Brust’s Taltos series and several more from Sjowall and Wahlöö’s Martin … Continue reading →

Given that there wasn’t much else to do, I read a lot of good books this year, but there was no single standout. I would have trouble picking a best book I read this year, and that means I also … Continue reading →

Unlike most years, Not only did I read a book that came out this year, but I also read a book by this year’s Nobel winner, Olga Tokarczuk. It was good! But there are things I read that I thought … Continue reading →

Here are the best books I read this year. As usual, I didn’t read any books written this year (although the Fiddler is a Good Woman is close). It’s important to have distance / to not be relevant. This was … Continue reading →

Attention Conservation Notice: a too-long and not particularly coherent review of the Russian translation of Michael Idov’s novel “Ground Up”. This should not be of interest to anyone, because Idov presumably can guess everything I’m going to say about it … Continue reading →

Here are the best books I’ve read this year. As usually happens, none of them were written this year, so it doesn’t really matter. Nothing is True and Everything is Possible (Peter Pomerantsev, 2014) — Pomerantsev is an Englishman of Russian … Continue reading →

..actually, since the last time I did a “best books I read” so this will include some books I read in late 2014. Once again, none of these books were published this year, so it doesn’t really matter. I’ve had … Continue reading →