In the beginning, Echostains, my art blog, featured art history, design, film, book reviews – in short a pot pouri of art/arts related topics. I then decided to transfer the book and film reviews and subjects to another blog. Thus Bookstains was born. Content on Bookstains has been sporadic, to say the least over theContinue reading “Into the Read”
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Book Review ‘London Belongs to Me’ by Norman Collins
Just finished ‘London belongs to me’ by Norman Collins, and it’s took me quite a while to read it (just saving it for bedtime reading). I enjoyed it very much. On the face of it looked like it may have mirrored Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square’, but apart from it being set in a shared house inContinue reading “Book Review ‘London Belongs to Me’ by Norman Collins”
Book: The worst street by Fiona Rule
Where does the time fly to? It is a couple of weeks or so since I last posted on here. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy reading though – or watching. I have now finished ‘The worst street in London’ by Fiona Rule. The street in question is Dorset Street, Spitalfields London. I wasContinue reading “Book: The worst street by Fiona Rule”
‘Authors I’ve Read: Patrick Hamilton’
I read 3 Patrick Hamilton books last year and reviewed them all on my ‘Echostains’ blog. I could transfer them to ‘Bookstains’, but I believe duplicate posts are missed by Google, I will put the links to my reviews here;- THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE I had watched ‘Twenty thousand streets under the sun’ when it cameContinue reading “‘Authors I’ve Read: Patrick Hamilton’”
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