How the Light Gets In  by M.J. Hyland What I said then: Debut from an interesting Aussie author about a girl on exchange in America. ...

The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior  by Paul Strathern What I said when I got it: I've been really interested by the conc...

As promised, to serve as my penance for being the slackest blogger in the world, here's an old short story that I find really embarrass...

Dracula  by Bram Stoker What I said then: The original, but is it the best? What I say now: Dracula , I'm sorry to report, is m...

The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse What I said then: Weirdly, this seems to have the same basic plot as Iain M. Banks’  The Player ...