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Fiona Beckett's avatar

Yes on the same basis as novellas. Bit of poetry doesn’t go amiss either …

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Matt Inwood's avatar

I can't remember if you were pre- or post- recovered mojo when last we met! I marked down a couple of your recommendations then though. I hate slumps, as I know reading brings so much pleasure and structure to my day. I do almost all of my reading first thing, before anyone else is awake, when the minutes and hours really feel like mine and mine alone, and not time stolen from anyone else. On a good day I'll get an hour; on a weekend, I sometimes manage three before a first daughter appears downstairs!

I loved 'The Noise of Time', and '100 Years' however many years ago it was that I read that one! And I finished Keegan's book on a single weekend morning just a couple of weeks ago: such beautiful economy in the way she writes.

As for the towering to-be-read pile, remember Eco's words: 'read books are far less valuable than unread ones'! x

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