I was going to write two paragraphs about every book I read. I didn’t even manage to keep up with the titles.

Since the Jonathan Carr biography of Mahler:

RJ Smith, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown (2012)
Jon Lee Anderson, Che: A Revolutionary Life (1998)
Guillermo Martínez, Crímenes imperceptibles (2003)
Margaret Drabble, The Middle Ground (1980)
Roberto Bolaño, Nocturno de Chile (2000)
Margaret Drabble, The Needle’s Eye (1972)

I’ve gotta review the James Brown bio, so I’ll have more to say about that one.