Summarising in 25 words what was most noteworthy to me from the books I finished this month. Only one book finished this month, but I have three almost finished. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) – Suzanna Collins Snow’s back story. A study in how choosing the expedient compounds to deform…

Summarising in 25 words what was most noteworthy to me from the books I finished this month. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea #3) – Ursula K. Le Guin Rereading some teenage favourites. This is focused on the priestess Tenar, Ged makes an appearance late in the book and turns her world upside down. The Hidden…

Summarising in 25 words what was most noteworthy to me from the books I finished this month. Career of Evil (Cormorant Strike #3) – Robert Galbraith When Robin is sent the leg of a murder victim, Cormorant and Robin must investigate multiple psychopaths from Cormorant’s past while navigating their complicated personal lives. How to Take…

Summarising in 25 words what was most noteworthy to me from the books I finished this month. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy – Jenny Odell Against the “rhetoric of growth” and the privileging of “producing,” this is a call to take time and space to see as acts of resistance. The Quotidian…