John Baker’s Blog

We were at Hermione Lee’s lecture at York University last evening. She began by quoting Virginia Woolf on memory:
That is, I suppose, that my memory supplies what I had forgotten, so it seems as if it were happening independently, though I am really making it happen. In certain favourable moods, memories - what one has [...]

1. Why do you blog?
I blog for the same reason I write: to remember. In this case, to remember which books I’ve read. With a goal of reading 150 books in 2006, this blog holds me accountable, not only to myself, but to my readers.
2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
To Kill a [...]