Marking the half-year

It’s July already, but let’s not dwell on that too much. Instead, here’s a look back at some of my posts from earlier in 2012 that you may have missed:

Selected features

• The thirtieth anniversary of Adrian Mole.
• My report on Eastercon.
• Thoughts on the Clarke Award shortlist.
• The Fiction Uncovered 2012 list.
• How to approach reading a new genre of fiction.

• Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes.
• Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey.
• Sarah Hall’s The Carhullan Army.
• Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day.
• Jonathan Lee’s Joy.
• Simon Lelic’s The Child Who.
• Sam Mills’s The Quiddity of Will Self.
• Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic.
• Jane Rogers’ The Testament of Jessie Lamb.
• Robert Shearman’s Everyone’s Just So So Special.
• Joe Simpson’s Touching the Void.
• Lucy Wood’s Diving Belles.