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The multifarious ramblings of James Paxton Priestley. Most recent entry topmost.

Monday 7 July, 2025

What I Have Been Reading | Am Reading Now:

The thought only struck me this morning that, as a writer, I also ought to share what I have been reading of late. I anticipate you will agree that a writer cannot flourish unless they spend as much time, if not more so, on their reading—be that for research purposes or for entertainment alone.

Here, then, are the books I have read since 1st April 2025, in the order finished:

  • The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak. ISBN: 9780241988725.
  • To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf. ISBN: 9781784870836.
  • Lolly Willowes, by Sylvia Townsend Warner. ISBN: 9780241454886.
  • WE, by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Translated by Clarence Brown). ISBN: 9780140185850.
  • Ulysses, by James Joyce. ISBN: 9780141182803.
  • Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods, by Kris Spisak. ISBN: 9781642970517.
  • Dark Tales, by Shirley Jackson. ISBN: 9780241308493.
  • Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. ISBN: 9780241436301.

Currently:

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, by Jeanette Winterson. ISBN: 9780099598183.

What are you reading right now?

Six from my mixed bag of reads since 1st April 2025.

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