A month of beautiful spring weather, a week off work and a series of theatre and cinema visits has perked me right up. And there has also been some good reading. Travelling Light – Ewald Arenz A recommendation from BBC Radio 4’s A Good Read and this is from indie publisher Orenda Books. Set in… Continue reading April reading round up
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March reading round up
A month of lighter mornings and joy at spring flowers, coupled with an ongoing existential crisis at the state of *waves hand* well, most everything else. Thank goodness there are still books. A Life of One’s Own – Joanna Biggs I actually read this in February and forgot to mention it in last month’s roundup.… Continue reading March reading round up
February reading round up
It was nine days into February before I finished a book, which is rare, partly due to reading The Story of Art in chapters, but also flitting in a restless way between a number of things. Mostly non fiction, which I find mostly to be best read in small chunks and not as immersive as… Continue reading February reading round up
January reading round up
Used to be that a new year took a few days, weeks even, to get used to. 2025 feels like it’s been here for many moons, it wasn’t even strange to write it down. Of course, it feels like the most eventful start to a year we’ve had for some time and even the end… Continue reading January reading round up
November reading round up
Two months to go to get through the tbr pile and I realised I’d not read a lot of non-fiction this year, which is a lot of what’s left. So I tried non-fiction November, with some fiction thrown in because I just can’t limit myself to facts all the time. Reading Lessons – Carol Atherton… Continue reading November reading round up
October reading round up
I love autumn but mainly in September. October is too unpredictable and, these days, dominated by spooky season. I don’t care. I don’t care for ghosts or cats or creepy or pumpkin space latte. Halloween has been fun since I had a child but it’s a day, a single day. It doesn’t have to be… Continue reading October reading round up
September reading round up
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
August reading round up
First, a quick apology – I have only just found the comments on this blog as WordPress notifications appear to have passed me by for month so, for anyone leaving comments in recent times, thank you, I have now read them and I’m sorry for not replying. Will absolutely be paying more attention from now… Continue reading August reading round up
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
Half year round up
This year I resolved to tackle the ‘to be read’ pile by using a random number generator. I listed all the unread books on a spreadsheet and when I needed a new book to read, I would let the generator pick it. No faffing around to see what I was in the mood for, just… Continue reading Half year round up
Susan E Barsby 