Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley

Huxley is as wonderful as ever. First of all – have a look at this wonderful used, 55-year-old copy of the book, with obviously a lot of history, […]

‘Believe Me’ and ‘Help’

As a bit of a continuation of the Will Young book post. Here are two of my favourite LGBTQ+ memoirs. Both by Brits, like Will. But comedians, not […]

Kurt Vonnegut and a ‘Breakfast of Champions’

So after my fourth book by Vonnegut, it is clear I will read everything else by him as well. So 10 novels to go + a bunch of […]

The House of Sleep – Jonathan Coe

I have had trouble sleeping for the better part of my life. So a sun-bleached copy of a book about people with sleeping issues, of course, caught my […]

‘To be a Gay Man’ and my everlasting love for Will Young.

2012, Tartu, a younger me struggling with depression and an aching heart. Discovering Will Young’s album Echoes. You know the feeling when a song just seems like it’s […]

William Gibson, the godfather of Cyberspace

Borrowing from Wikipedia: William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as […]

The Humans by Matt Haig

Without knowing the premise of the book – an alien on a mission on Earth disguised as a human and being weird at it – I started reading […]

The Return by Hisham Matar & other great books about wars and troubeled lives

I really don’t have too many words to describe this book. And they wouldn’t do it justice anyway. It is extraordinary, how Hisham is able to write about […]

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

I must say I do enjoy books by/about creepy old men being, well, creepy and depressing or weird or drunk or fantasizing about too young girls… or all […]

Life in the Anthropocene

Though it can be very frustrating, I like reading books about the environment and our role in it. And as you may suspect, we play a shitty role. […]