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. . . written by Tom Cunliffe, of East Sussex, England (to read more about me see my About page).
It consists of book reviews and more general articles about reading and currently receives over 10,000 unique visitors each month. So far 288 book reviews have been published. My currently-reading shelf:  This website is archived for posterity in the British Library's UK Web Archive 
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Bruges As a lover of European literature I have developed a sense of being “European”, sharing in the culture of Thomas Mann, Honoré de Balzac, Marcel Proust, Robert Walser, Gunther Grass, Magda Szabo and many others. My wife and I love visiting Europe and every year we drive through France, Germany and other countries, [...] At last, our busy summer seems to be over. Family weddings, visits from emigrés, our own holidays have come to an end and I am only surprised at how this has all eaten into my reading. During our own holiday on the Ile de Ré in the Vendée region of France last week, I barely [...] . . . for the next ten days. See you soon! The River Rhine Christmas and New Year zoomed by, and were as busy as ever with family and friends, our grand-daughter Iris causing my wife and I the usual amount of joy. We were out and about quite a bit and managed to walk along the sea-front a few times in beautifully cold weather (I like the weather [...] Michelham Priory is a historic house owned by Sussex Archaeological Society. It is supported by a flourishing group of Friends and volunteers and every year the Senior Guide, Jim Bolger compiles a Christmas Quiz for Volunteers Christmas Lunch. He has kindly agreed that I can publish it here to tempt any of my readers who [...] Well we had a good week and a bit down in Cornwall. Its not an area I know at all well but was much as I expected – fabulous beaches and pretty coastal villages, and for once the weather was kind to us and we were even able to spend time paddling in the sea [...] Padstow (image from Wikimedia Commons) I am away in Cornwall for a few days and will return to resume reviewing books next week. I’ve taken Gerald Seymour’s new book, The Collaborator. I’ve read all Seymour’s books as they come out, ever since Harry’s Game which was published in 1999, and I’ve never been disappointed. [...] Its not been easy to keep up with the reading this week what with grand-parent duties (looking after our pleasingly book-obsessed Iris) and also visiting relatives. The most recent family visit involved a day on the River Thames in my brother in law’s boat – great fun, and appropriate for my current read [...] The Easter holiday has passed now and I’ve got several books ready for review, and having had to relax more than usual because of my recent knee operation I seem to be ploughing through even more. I’ve nearly finished moving all the book reviews from the previous version of A Common Reader on to this [...] A Common Reader has moved today from its old address at www.acommonreader.org.uk to its new one here at www.acommonreader.org However the old address still works fine as I’ve done something called “domain forwarding” to point the old address at the new one. However, it would be best if any regular readers could update their bookmarks [...] |
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