70 Reviews: 9. The Mirror of Ink – Jorge Luis Borges (Pocket Penguins)

This is, in my opinion at least, the best way to sample a spot of Borges - his writing is so rich that you only need a small amount in one go. I’ve read The Library of Babel before, but the rest were new to me. I wasn’t massively taken with the title story, The …

My Top Ten Reads of 2019

The last third of this year has been a bit of a washout in terms of my reading - starting a new job has meant that I've barely read a word. I didn't touch much of the Booker list and I can only just about manage the review section of the paper at the weekend. …