Here are links to recent book reviews I’ve published on this website. Look out for more soon.

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Oct 1, 2025

Read a lot, read fast (Updated)

Oct 1, 2025

How to read a book a week.

Oct 1, 2025

Oct 1, 2025

Review: The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Oct 1, 2025

You could be forgiven for thinking that all that has been said, or needed to be said, about Anne Frank had already been said, given the number of books, articles and even a play that have been written about her. And yet in some ways she has never been more relevant.

Oct 1, 2025

Sep 23, 2025

An interesting way of dealing with writer's block (Revisited)

Sep 23, 2025

How did the English comedian Spike Milligan break through writer’s block?

Sep 23, 2025

Sep 2, 2025

Review: Stranger than Fiction

Sep 2, 2025

At first glance, this book's table of contents seems puzzling. Despite running to nearly 500 pages, Frank seems to be using fewer than 50 different novels to represent a hundred years of literary evolution — but appearances can be deceptive.

Sep 2, 2025

Aug 14, 2025

Quick look: Hard Rain Falling, by Don Carpenter -- Progress report

Aug 14, 2025

The style is plain and simple, and all the more powerful for that, and I like the sense of foreboding.

Aug 14, 2025

Quick look: Conversations with Third Reich Contemporaries

Aug 14, 2025

Context is given regarding the manner in which the interviews were conducted, and there is a great deal of nuance regarding the concept of “bystanders” vs “perpetrators”.

Aug 14, 2025