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L is for LeacockThis is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here ....
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The Murder of My Aunt by Richard HullI had a little blogging absence because I had a nasty cold – which I presumed might be Covid, given how everyone seems to have it at the...
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BookTube Spin #5: What Will I Be Reading?I made my list , I checked it twice – and Rick has done the spin. As you’ll have seen in that video, there are two numbers...
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BookTube Spin #5: My ListYou may well know Rick’s BookTube Spin – pick 20 books, he gives us a number and we have a couple of months to read. Think the...
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Some more recent readsJust clearing some books from my pile to be reviewed – and while the blog post is called ‘some more recent reads’, let’s...
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Tea or Books? #101: Rachel explores Simon’s shelvesRachel takes a look at Simon’s bookshelves – will she take any books away with her??...
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Forty-One False Starts by Janet MalcolmWhen I was two essays into this collection, published in 2013 but collecting pieces from across several decades before, I was certain it would be...
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The Small Room by May SartonWhen I bought The Small Room (1961), it was because I thought it might be about a house. I’m a simple man: I love books about...
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2021: Some Reading StatsI’ve posted my Top Books of 2021 , and now it’s time to turn my attention to some reading stats – the sort of blog post that so...
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Top Books of 2021I always wait until New Year’s Eve to compile my best reads of the year, because you never know when something brilliant will sneak...
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Enbury Heath by Stella GibbonsI usually get at least a few books for Christmas, and I like to start one of them immediately – there is something lovely about...
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What I Read At ChristmasHappy Christmas! I hope you had a lovely time – hopefully better than last year. I went to my parents’ house, as did my brother, so it...
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The Beatles: Get BackI was offered a review copy of The Beatles: Get Back to accompany the TV documentary about them. I absolutely don’t like The Beatles, but...
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A couple of recent audiobooksI go back and forth with my Audible subscription. I’m currently back in – and have discovered the Audible Plus catalogue, where you...
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Look, yes, I’ve been buying booksIt’s time for another haul post. But this teetering pile isn’t all from one trip – it’s from various different...
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Tea or Books? #100: Q&A Specialhttps://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tea-or-Books-episode-100.mp3 For our special hundredth episode, Rachel and I are...
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Finishing off #NovellasInNovember #NovNovI went a bit quiet on here, but I * did * continue reading a novella a day, and I have now completed my Novellas in November challenge! Here are...
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Tea or Books?: Any questions?Rachel and I are recording episode 100 of Tea or Books? soon and, like episode 50, it’s going to be a special Q&A. So we’d...
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Love by Angela Carter – #NovNov Day 25It is very brave to call your novella something so broad and essential as Love – as Angela Carter did in this book from 1971 –...
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Three To See The King by Magnus Mills – #NovNov Day 24I live in a house built entirely from tin, with four tin walls, a roof of tin, a chimney and door. Entirely from tin. My house has no windows...
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I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel – #NovNov Day #23I went to my reliable books-about-reading shelf for today’s book – well, it’s not so much a shelf as the worktop in my...
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The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning – #NovNov Day 22I was sent The Invisible Host (1930) by husband-and-wife authors Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning the other day, a review copy from Dean...
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Ignorance by Milan Kundera – #NovNov Day 21For those keeping track, I didn’t blog yesterday but I DID finish a book. I didn’t write about it because it’s a future...
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Father Malachy’s Miracle by Bruce Marshall – #NovNov Day 19What a delightful novel. I bought Father Malachy’s Miracle (1931) early last year because the premise sounded so interesting, and...
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Ludmilla by Paul Gallico – #NovNov Day 18Earlier in the month I read The Lonely by Paul Gallico, and today I read the other half of the book I have it in – Ludmilla ,...
