April feels like it was a long month. Looking at what I read at the beginning of the month, these seem a good while ago. So here’s what I got through in April. Joe Country – Mick Herron I started this month as I finished the last, with Mick Herron’s dodgy spies at Slough House.… Continue reading April reading round up
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March round up
This has felt like a long grey month. You’ll spot a theme in the reading – unintended to start with but which has been quietly absorbing. Lila – Marilynne Robinson Lila is the third book in Robinson’s Gilead series, which began with Gilead, the story an old man, John Ames, writes for his son about… Continue reading March round up
2023 Books of the year reading round up
It’s that time again, number crunching and weighing up the good, the bad and the just ok. Stats first: 104 books says Goodreads, 99 says my notebook. I don’t know why I bother. Every year there’s a discrepancy and this year it seems to be worse. Let’s say around 100, give or take somewhere. The… Continue reading 2023 Books of the year reading round up
November reading round up
I finished October feeling rather disillusioned with reading. It hadn’t been a vintage month of books. And as this year was going to be my year of re-reads, I started off by going back to a couple of books I’d read before, to try and rediscover a joy in reading. The Secret History – Donna… Continue reading November reading round up
October reading round up
Oh what a month. My daughter was admitted into hospital for a burst appendix and as such, I’ve spent much of the time being with her for recovery and feeling guilty for not going into the office – turns out the flexible hybrid working still comes with a side helping of guilt – and reading… Continue reading October reading round up
September reading round up
Is it just that ‘events’ seem to be happening so fast or did September just fly by? We’re into autumn proper now and the season change is my favourite time of year. It helps being a September baby, I guess. Anyway, here’s my reading round up for the month – a bumper crop. A Thousand… Continue reading September reading round up
Review: Small Miracles by Anne Booth
There are usually two types of stories about nuns: cheerful tales of wimpled women, slightly clueless and out of touch, trying to deal with the modern world; or harsh Magdalene laundry types, burying babies in the back garden and berating terrified teenage mothers. Small Miracles is the former of these. And thank goodness for that.… Continue reading Review: Small Miracles by Anne Booth
January’s reading
I remembered last month how much I like blogging. My time has dropped right off so the occasional review is all I’ve managed but I thought I could at least do a monthly round up of books. Let’s see how it goes! These are the books I’ve read this month: The Trick to Time –… Continue reading January’s reading
2019 reading round up
Another year, another round up of my reading. Every year I don’t think I will be able to read as much as the year before because I’m so busy and yet the books are quite probably the thing that keeps me sane and give me some needed down time. I’ve read 104 books so far… Continue reading 2019 reading round up
Christmas books
I love a Christmas book. The solace of a familiar read for the shortest days of the year, stories that, when done well, can be as comforting as a warm mince pie and a glass of mulled wine. Here’s my current collection: Elizabeth David and Nigel Slater You have to have a cookbook in a… Continue reading Christmas books
Susan E Barsby 