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Tai Tai likes to use me as a stool to jump onto things—the higher up, the better. Once she's up there, I have to watch her and pet her. She hadn't been on these particular shelves before (not in the new apartment), so this was fun. She gave Pro
I finished Danilo Kiš's stories; I'll add a review on Goodreads(.com/esarkaye) soon. Now I thought I'd finally read Colette's Gigi and The Cat. Gigi is, of course, a well-known story; but I specifically bought this collection because of John G
I'm really excited to be teaching a course on medical sociology at the beginning of next year. This is the textbook that we'll be using: "From before the moment that we are conceived to the time that we die, social processes impinge upon our he
I finished Thomas Bernhard's Concrete; I'll add a review on Goodreads(.com/esarkaye) soon. Now I thought I'd read more work by Danilo Kiš. The six stories that comprise The Lute and the Scars were transcribed from the manuscripts left by Ki&sc
I finished Shūsaku Endō's Deep River; I've added a full review on Goodreads(.com/esarkaye), if you're interested. Now I thought I'd read another work by Thomas Bernhard (there are still a few books of his that I haven't yet read). If you love Bernhar
snapshot of me reading Deep River in the train
I finished Wodehouse's Adventures of Sally; my review is on Goodreads(.com/esarkaye), if you're interested. I'm reading Shūsaku Endō's Deep River next. I actually have a substantial collection of his work—lots of Peter Owen editions ❤️—bu
I always turn to Wodehouse when I'm ill; this time was no exception. The Adventures of Sally is an interesting novel—noticeably different in tone (more serious/less light-hearted) from much of Plum's other work. I'll add a review on Goodreads(.
I've been sick this past week, which is why I haven't posted much. I'm feeling better, but I'm still taking it easy. I should get back to posting about books soon. For now: here's a shot of some of my shelves in the afternoon light. ✨
Many thanks to Profile books (@profile.books) for sending me these copies. On the left: Robert Peckham's deep-dive into the history of fear. Beginning with the Black Death in the fourteenth century, Peckham traces a history of fear through the French
✎ "What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared th
I finished Anthony Trollope's The Warden. A lovely little novel; I'll add a review on Goodreads(.com/esarkaye) soon. Now I thought I'd crack into my Samuel Beckett collection—I have the four-volume set of collected works, published by Grove Pre