July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

Thinking

No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Daniel Nichols on The Sense of an Ending, explained: “Profuse apologies for reading this novel 14 years after it was published then looking for explanation. I got the bones…” Nov 14, 11:47
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in October 2026: “Oh, I definitely know how it is, Stefanie 🙂 I dread to think how long The Great Transformation had been…” Nov 9, 10:03
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in October 2026: “Ah, that’s interesting! It didn’t feel very scholarly at the time, but I see what you mean. Ovid wasn’t a…” Nov 9, 10:01
Andrew Blackman on Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami: “Hi Mark, Thanks very much for your comment. I do remember very brief moments of poignancy in the middle of…” Nov 9, 09:56
Stefanie on Books I read in October 2026: “Excellent October reading! I have The Outcast and Growth of the Soil on my perpetual TBR. Maybe I will get…” Nov 6, 20:34