I feel intensely sad.

Read this if you want to know what C16 Istanbul was like down to the very last detail.

On reflection, better than the credit I'd originally given.

Yeah, horrid. Bad way for the world to go, this.

Those aliensm. Sheesh!

Worth the hype.

Worlds within worlds within worlds.

'You don't have to eat me, Graham.'

I want to visit ice cream mountain.

#indyref2

Stalin made the aliens?

Imagine there were still state beheadings, but these weren't a death penalty.

It's funny 'cos it's true.

Glad I read the original scroll. Mad, but the freneticism is so fresh and vibrant.

Elegant.

I am in love with Mantel's Thomas; he, Cromwell.

So this is why I'm fascinated by early modern England.

I don't want to be in a zombie apocalypse.

Flippin' heck.

I couldn't sleep.

Woh. Careful what you wish for.

This is how to tell history.

Oh, to write like Barry.

Marvellous. Glorious.

Used to read this in Y7, durin silent reading. I wasn't silent.

Read it at 13. Finished, and started again. Definitive.

I feel as if I know Tengo and Aomame as old friends.

Ran out of steam. Unnecessary.

Q-teen?

Mad. Fantastic.

Sometimes repetitive, but made me angry.

Loud. On edge. Shhh.

By the end I began to understand the humour. Strange to read Israeli tragedy as a young, Englishman. Worth it.

Difficult. Read to my partner. Achingly honest.

Wish it didn't end. So many more stories to tell, and part of me hopes Archie will.

As always, thoughtful, provocative, pacey. Tough, but rewarding.

Shirt, sharp, clear. I can taste the air, smell woods, feel the cold.