‘Stoner’- a perfect novel
Seeing plenty of rave reviews piqued my interest in this novel and I went into John William’s ‘Stoner’ with high expectations and, suffice to say, it did not disappoint. This…
Keep reading…Book Club – Otherlands
Book club reconvenes as Charlie shares a run down on Thomas Halliday’s blockbuster history tour Otherlands.
Keep reading…Book Club – Crash
There are a lucky few books that make it to print, and fewer still that will outlive their authors as cultural milestones. Of this rare handful some will set out…
Keep reading…Book Club – How Late It Was, How Late
A comedy of errors without much to laugh about, 1994’s How Late It Was, How Late was a second-hand purchase of mine bought on a whim. It stuck out in…
Keep reading…Book Club – Sapiens
Sapiens by Israeli academic Yuval Noah Harari is a book that can make a rare claim to being a blockbuster read in a time when reading books is in sharp…
Keep reading…Book Club- The Disconnect
It’s been too long since the last book club entry here on inertia, although I have been taking some time away from writing after experiencing severe burnout after finishing the…
Keep reading…Book Club – ‘No Logo’
“Why should bread have all the fun, when there’s Weetabix?” Asked Weetabix’s official Twitter account. “Serving up @HeinzUK Beanz on bix for breakfast with a twist. #ItHasToBeHeinz #HaveYouHadYourWeetabix” They said,…
Keep reading…Book Club – ‘Cherry’
The latest book to feature in the inertia book club is Nico Walker’s debut novel ‘Cherry’ from back in 2018. This novel acts as a semi-biographical story of a kind…
Keep reading…Book Club – ‘Kafka on the Shore’
Welcome back to the inertia book club, kicking off 2021 with a modern classic by Japanese star Haruki Murakami. He describes Kafka on the Shore as “a story of a…
Keep reading…Book Club – ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
It’s been a while since the first entry into the inertia book club, but we are back with a cracker that looks at modern use of propaganda and disinformation. We’d…
Keep reading…Book Club – ‘Notes from an Apocalypse’
Welcome to the first entry into the inertia book club, a platform to discuss some of the most interesting features in our bookshelves. In said discussions we are not aiming…
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