A Common Reader is . . .

. . . written by Tom Cunliffe, of East Sussex, England (to read more about me see my About page).

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Review: From the Mouth of the Whale – Sjon

This is the 250th full book review I have published on A Common Reader.

It is not easy to work out what From the Mouth of the Whale is about at first.  It seems to be a book of 17th century Icelandic myths, based on the life of the fictional Jónas Pálmason, “a poet and [...]

Springtime and Scandinavian crime

Its such a relief to be finally coming out of winter. I enjoy Britain’s changing seasons, winter included, but there’s something about February which generates a longing for warmer days and a bit of sunshine. Now at last we seem to have turned the corner – and it happened around the Vernal Equinox as well [...]