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Watchlist: Jan-MarchTime was, I kept a running list of all the thing I’d seen that I wanted to mention on my watchlist posts, but I’ve lost the scrap of...
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Reading Ireland Month – Flattery and NolanI finally got my act together for this year’s Reading Ireland Month , hosted by Cathy and read a pair of novels with throwaway titles...
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Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh – blogtourWhen Hotel Arcadia was first published by Quartet in 2015, I found it unputdownable, reading it in one session (which is perfectly doable...
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Dylan Thomas Award Longlist Celebration – The Coiled Serpent by Camilla GrudovaAlthough it just missed out on my books of the year, Camilla Grudova’s first novel, Children of Paradise , set in a run-down...
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Shiny LinkinessJust popping up to say I’ve had two reviews at Shiny New Books over the last week, so do pop over if you’d like to find out more....
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Review catch-up: Van Pelt & GustawssonRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – Book Group review We’ve moved onto an animal/plant A-Z theme for picking...
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Dark Clouds Bring Waters by I.R. Ridley – blogtourIt’s my turn today on the blogtour for this touching novella. While it would be true to say that I’ve read other novels that cover...
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Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case by Elsa Drucaroff – Corylus Books blogtourTranslated by Slava Faybysh Argentinian author Drucaroff has taken a documented event in 1976 which occurred during truly turbulent political...
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Six Degrees of Separation: Tom Lake by Ann PatchettFirst Saturday of the month and new year too, time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at ...
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The Scottish Play at Dock X, LondonStarring Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma, directed by Simon Godwin So this production of Macbeth which played in Liverpool and...
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Tristan / Yseult by Harry Bonelle – BlogtourGiven my love of things Arthurian and mediaeval, and need – and yes, it is a need – to engage more with poetry I was not going to turn...
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Point Zero by Seichō MatsumotoTranslated by Louise Heal Kawai Seichō Matsumoto is widely regarded as Japan’s greatest populariser of crime fiction, being a prolific...
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Two 5-star Novellas for #ReadIndies – Kerangal and HerreraEastbound by Maylis de Kerangal Translated by Jessica Moore Having read two other novels by de Kerangal ( Mend the Living and...
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Book Group Report – Now in November by Josephine JohnsonThis novel was our book group’s last choice made by playing Word Association Football for a while (we’re moving on to other themes for...
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The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco LucentiniTranslated by Gregory Dowling Fruttero and Lucentini worked together for decades, along the way writing five novels, four detective ones and...
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Six Degrees of Separation: the last book you readFirst Saturday of the month and new year too, time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at ...
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Snow Country by Yasunari KawabataTranslated by Edward G. Seidensticker I may have just missed the #JanuaryinJapan tag with this review, although I read the novella in Jan,...
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Shiny Linkiness: Argylle by Elly ConwayMy review of the book Argylle , by Elly Conway is over at Shiny New Books today – you can read it HERE . I usually catch up with...
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The Swedish Art of Ageing Well by Margareta MagnussonIt’s a real achievement to become a best-selling author in your late eighties, as Magnusson did with her 2020 book Döstädning: The Gentle...
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The Dylan Thomas Prize Longlist 2024On Thursday, the longlist for the, to give it its full title, Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 was revealed, and as I’ve come to...
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Eat to Your Heart’s Content by Sat Bains – blogtourIt’s not often that I’d consider reviewing a cookery book, but the combination of healthier eating with your heart particularly in...
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Nordic Snø & ÍssWhile I haven’t formally run my Nordic reading month this year keeping it casual, I offer many thanks to those blog friends who have still...
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The Guests by Agnes RavatnTranslated by Rosie Hedger I’m delighted to be today’s stop on the Random Tours blogtour for this novel, which didn’t turn...
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Review Catch-up & Book Group Report: Le Blevennec, Heisey, Wharton.As the Eagle Flies by Nolwenn Le Blevennec Translated from the French by Madeleine Rogers The most recent novella from Peirene...
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Watchlist: Nov and DecBig Screen on the Little Screen Past Lives (Prime rental) – Such a simple premise, this simply gorgeous slowburn film...
