i started Twitter in earnest a couple of weeks ago - name is insidebooks on there as well - and am finding it addictive. The main reason is...

There are lots of references to James Bond and although the point is made that in real life spying is nowhere near as glamorous or interesti...

Taking a slight break from 2666 between parts 2 and 3 and squeezing in something slightly easier on the eye and brain. Graham Greene is alwa...

Having taken the characters from the first part to a god forsaken town in Mexico the second part expands on one of the minor characters who ...

There is a dream like quality to this story with dreams being described, shared and things to fear. Three critics of a long forgotten german...

When it comes to reading a large book or a series you need the right mental preparation. I am not sure that the right attitude has been take...

There is always that moment of excitement when you finish one book and get ready to start another. My problem is that given a spare couple o...

With the story being told from the basis of notebooks it is clear a turning point has happened. That change comes as a result of Adam's ...

I have to confess to being a bit of an inconsistent reader to my children but when I do get round to it the magic is in the air and almost t...

There is a slight shift in the narrative with the story of Adam being told through hiS abandoned notebooks. It probably helps to get some di...

This is such a mammoth book not just in terms of the actual word count but also the font and leading on the page make it a dense reading exp...

Having established that Adam is stuck in a house all alone and prone to odd behaviour it comes a little surprise he decides to build into hi...

This book is almost like watching a film stood right up next to the screen with the wider picture reduced to small details that end up being...

If this book was part of some sort of literature course then possibly it could provoke you to fill pages and pages commenting on the questio...

This is starting to become challenging not just in terms of keeping up with the arguments but keeping track of the references, which are com...