August 2025 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Borges Marathon, Part 22: The Secret Miracle

My thoughts on "The Secret Miracle", a short story in which Jorge Luis Borges plays with time and causality.

Reading

Milkman by Anna Burns: Review

My thoughts on a Booker Prize winning novel about a teenage girl living in 1970s Belfast and struggling to survive in a…

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Andrew Blackman on Books I read in May 2026: “Me too! I didn’t read the description very carefully, so I didn’t realise it was so focused on her mother…” Jun 8, 10:41
Andrew Blackman on “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger: “Hey O, Thanks for commenting. I smiled at that last part: “the awkward 2nd hand embarrassment and evaluating of something…” Jun 8, 10:39
wadholloway on Books I read in May 2026: “I think Arundhati Roy is one of the greats. I’ve read The God of Small Things and The Ministry of…” Jun 7, 09:09
o. on “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger: “Oh I remember reading this book when I was 16 (17 now so not that long ago)- I wasn’t aware…” Jun 6, 17:24
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in May 2026: “Yes, I’d second that recommendation. The style is quite different from The God of Small Things, I guess partly because…” Jun 4, 12:38