Where to start with this? If you’re in the market for a first person narration set during the AIDS crisis in New York, exploring grief, community and friendship but with a sprinkling of Ghostbusters, then you’re in luck. And even if you don’t think you’re in the market for this, I recommend it anyway. Waiting… Continue reading Review: Waiting on a Friend – Natalie Adler
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April reading round up
I ended April with all the books I had on order at the library arriving at once, including one that’s been on order for months and has 1,460 pages. But here’s what I’ve got to this month before I start to tackle that… The Names – Florence Knapp This debut novel had A LOT of… Continue reading April reading round up
March reading round up
It’s been a stop start month for reading. I put two books down half read because they weren’t doing it for me. I bought a few books, I cleared a few out and sold them to World of Books. And it feels like a long time since I read the first two books in this… Continue reading March reading round up
February reading round up
I write this on the first day of March, traditionally a rainy month, and yet feel cheered that we’ve made it through the first two months of this year. Wet and troubled but still here and still reading. Here’s what I got through this month, including twentieth century fiction for my reading challenge. Twentieth century… Continue reading February reading round up
January reading round up
When I was younger, a new year took a few weeks to get my head around; just writing it and thinking about it as the present felt odd and I would have to actively focus on writing the date correctly and so on. That doesn’t happen any more and here we are and it already… Continue reading January reading round up
December reading round up
Sometimes I miss this post off, with the end of the year reading, so getting on top of it this year. Advent – Gunnar Gunnarsson This is a gorgeous little hardback reissue of Icelandic writer Gunnarsson who is little known in this country. This is a short story of a man, his dog and his… Continue reading December reading round up
2025 books of the year round up
My reading resolutions this year were to be less impulsive, more balanced and slow in my reading. So I vowed to try and not fall for the overhyped books everyone was talking about, to read more from the library and to do some more careful reading before buying. I also wanted to try and do… Continue reading 2025 books of the year round up
November reading round up
Following the death of Tom Stoppard, everyone is telling Tom Stoppard stories and I don’t have one but I will tell you about the time I went to watch Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead starring Simon Russell Beale at the Barbican, many years ago. I don’t remember much about the performance except a vague memory… Continue reading November reading round up
Film review: Hamnet
October reading round up
Sometimes your reading all comes together in a theme and that’s what happened at the beginning of the month, with several books on the theme of place and belonging. Then it all got a bit random. Map Addict – Mike Parker I confess I bought this because a couple of years ago we went to… Continue reading October reading round up
Susan E Barsby 