The best autumn month – it’s all darkness and gloom from now on – and my reading has been all over the place. Several half read books, a few I don’t think I can be bothered to finish and these below, which I did finish. The Exile and the Mapmaker – Emma Musty This is… Continue reading September reading round up
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July reading round up
Looking at this, it seems to have mostly been a library books month so making very little progress through the tbr pile, but it mixes it up a bit. Absolutely and Forever – Rose Tremain This is a short novel and I read it one afternoon in the sun. It’s one of those novels that… Continue reading July reading round up
June reading round up
It’s finally warm and I’ve been taking part in a writing intensive this month – 1000 words a day – and have pretty much completed it too. I did think this might impact on how much I read this month but actually, the biggest obstacle to getting a lot of reading done was the length… Continue reading June reading round up
Review: Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly – Joanna Glen
The path to true love doesn’t run smooth, as they say, and certainly not if your families are both really weird. But I love a good tale of people being really very strange, and as this one also involves puffins and an octopus, AND has a map, what’s not to like? Actually the review copy… Continue reading Review: Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly – Joanna Glen
April reading round up
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
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
January reading round up
Ah 2024. War. Elections. Change or destruction? I’m not optimistic so this is why I thought I really should start to make a serious dent in the to be read pile before the apocalypse. I’ve created a spreadsheet and there are around 100 unread books in my house that I need to tackle. It’s a… Continue reading January 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
September gets a bad rap – too many people waiting for October so they do Halloween and lord knows it’s spider month. But it’s my birthday month and I always get a burst of energy at this time. This year the energy is less for reading and more for a range of other creative pastimes.… Continue reading September reading round up
Review: Mrs Porter Calling – AJ Pearce
Mrs Porter Calling is the third book in AJ Pearce’s glorious series The Emmy Lake Chronicles. Readers of this blog may know of my regard for this series, which is set in the Second World War and features Emmy Lake and her friend Bunty, young girls trying to make their way through the war. Dear… Continue reading Review: Mrs Porter Calling – AJ Pearce
Susan E Barsby 