November was a strange month for reading and I had long swathes where I just didn’t seem to read much at all. I still have three books I’ve started and am taking a while to get through. But what did I finish this month? Here you go: The Light Keeper’s Daughters – Jean E Prendziwol… Continue reading November’s reading
Author: SusanEBarsby
October reading round up
I know, I know, it’s late. There’s been a lot going on ok? But I’m here now, only 6 days into November and this is what I read last month: A Song for the Dark Times – Ian Rankin What is there to say about a new Rankin that we haven’t already said? This is… Continue reading October reading round up
August reading – a step into non-fiction
I don’t normally read a lot of non-fiction, though I find a lot of it looks interesting and then never really get round to it. But this month I seem to have read more non-fiction than fiction and really enjoyed it. More evidence of my changing reading habits – created by either lockdown or age… Continue reading August reading – a step into non-fiction
The Little Free Library NG7
At one point recently, I looked at the pile of books by the back door waiting to be donated to a charity shop and wondered if it might be easier to find somewhere to leave them nearby for other people to enjoy. I envisioned a little shelf on my road with a sign asking people… Continue reading The Little Free Library NG7
Reading in July
It’s not been a vintage month for reading. So it is with some relief that August is here and I can let this month’s books go (figuratively at least, as the charity shop bins are still resolutely shut to donations. I am considering piling my leftovers in the local phone box and inviting people to… Continue reading Reading in July
May’s reading
An Inheritance – Diane Simmons This is an excellent novella in flash, a series of short stories that link to tell the story of seventy years and four generations of a single family. As you’d expect for a flash piece, it demonstrates really tight writing and Simmons can really paint a picture with few words.… Continue reading May’s reading
June reading round up
I’m a bit late to July but I get there eventually. So, how is reading developing for you under this strange in-between time from lockdown into that already hackneyed phrase ‘new normal’? I felt like June’s reading was nearly back to normal, but looking at the list, it wasn’t really. But I tell you what… Continue reading June reading round up
Reading under lockdown – April round up
I finished March unsure how much reading I would get done. The lockdown had shot my concentration and my usual solace, reading, had not helped. But into April and I found myself adjusting, relaxing into the new rhythms of the days and, although I missed my commute to read in, I found my way back.… Continue reading Reading under lockdown – April round up
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by LD Lapinski
“I love how this starts off sounding like Black Books but moves quickly to something much more exciting and classy.”
March non-reading hiatus
Well, who knew the first thing to desert me in a time of national crisis is my desire and ability to lose myself in a book? And bearing in mind that I started March so excited by the publication of The Mirror and The Light it’s just really rubbish timing. I’m 250 pages in, can’t… Continue reading March non-reading hiatus
Susan E Barsby 