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 Why I Don’t Know What My Favourite Book Is: “Good point about age – I do think it’s easier to be obsessed by a particular book when you’re younger…” May 21, 16:11
Andrew Blackman on Why I Don’t Know What My Favourite Book Is: “Ah yes, mood and day of the week are big factors to consider for me too!” May 21, 12:43
Andrew Blackman on “The World Is What It Is” by Patrick French: “Thanks for visiting this old post, Marcie! I don’t know of any other biographies that came out later – this…” May 21, 12:43
Marcie on “The World Is What It Is” by Patrick French: “His upbringing in that busy household certainly sounds like the way he described one of the family homes in A…” May 19, 15:10
wadholloway on Why I Don’t Know What My Favourite Book Is: “A couple of years ago another blogger – LouLouReads maybe – published instead of ‘ten best books’, her ten favourite…” May 17, 04:09