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
Tag: fiction
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
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
August reading round up
Summer is such a con isn’t it? All that promise of joy and relaxation and holidays and it never quite works out like that does it? August has been good actually, but my sister and I have decided that all parents need a week’s holiday at the end of the summer for us to get… Continue reading August reading round up
July reading round up
Hello! You’d think with the chilly wet weather, it would have been a good reading month but I found it hard to get going this month, only really picking up momentum near the end. Passing – Nella Larsen This is a slim book, packed with interesting insight. Larsen wrote only two books in her life… Continue reading July 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
April reading round up
April, month of chocolate and rain and that moment when I realise the tree outside my window has finally sent out its new leaves. The reading has been a mixed bag. The Nail House – Gregory Baines Another of the Fairlight Modern Series, this was a bit of a mixed read for me. The Nail… Continue reading April reading round up
March reading round up
March seems to have shot by, mainly as I have been sooooo busy this month. But on the whole, a month of good reading, so that’s something. Love and Saffron – Kim Fay This is a story written in letters between two American women. Joan, younger and living in California is a fan of Imogen,… Continue reading March reading round up
February reading round up
February. Like January but shorter and with more people trying so very hard to call it spring and blithely ignoring the Arctic windchill factor. Fools. Bring on March. I’ve read a lot this month! Here’s the rundown: Hotel Milano – Tim Parks I always look at Tim Parks books thinking I like them and then… Continue reading February reading round up
Susan E Barsby 