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Beirut Station by Paul Vidich – blog tourThis espionage novel was my first encounter with Vidich, who has previously written five more. In Beirut Station , given the current political...
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The Dancer by Óskar GuðmundssonTranslated by Quentin Bates Corylus Books are certainly keeping Icelandic translator Quentin Bates busy. There’s another Stella...
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Six Degrees of Separation: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowFirst 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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Termush by Sven HolmTranslated by Sylvia Clayton While I’m not formally running Nordic FINDS this year, not really having time for the admin, I still like...
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinI’ve been meaning to read this bestseller ever since its publication last year – I even acquired the Waterstones signed...
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Reading Resolutions for 2024I could essentially repost the same text as I did for this year’s reading resolutions! In fact, here’s most of what I said:...
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Review of the Year #3: 2023, Books of the Year!I still award a score to all the books I read – recorded on my Reading List page. I score out of 10, including half points (so out of 20...
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Review of the Year #2 – 2023 – Time for Book Stats!I always say this, but this post really is my favourite of the year! The master spreadsheet is still going strong. I love playing with all the...
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Review of the Year #1 – 2023, A Year of Reading and BloggingAs always, I’m saving my books of the year for the 31st, and you’ll get my book stats (my favourite post) on the 29th, but today I plan to share...
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My Life in Books – the 2023 versionI’m going to start this off on its rounds again, so here goes. I’ve done different versions of this in 2022 , 2021 , 2020...
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Two more reviews: Richard Armitage and Roland SchimmelpfennigStill clearing the to be reviewed pile. Today, proof that planning your year end best of early can mean readjustment when a late contender...
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Two reviews: Laura Shepherd-Robinson & T M ThomasIn an attempt to clear the books to review decks before my Review of the Year posts next week, here are some shorter reviews, with more to follow....
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Dean Street December – Viva Las Vengeance: The Elvis Mysteries #3 by Daniel KleinI love taking part in themed reading weeks and months whenever I can, and Liz is hosting this one (see here ). Dean Street Press were...
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Dead Sweet by Katrín JúlíusdóttirTranslated by Quentin Bates I’m delighted to be today’s stop on the blog tour for the debut novel by a former Icelandic...
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Six Degrees of Separation: Kitchen ConfidentialFirst Saturday of the month, time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest ,...
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The Weatherman by Royston Reeves – blogtourNow this was dark fun! Wilbur Cox works in an advertising agency in London. He commutes in every day from north of London. He likes to go...
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Two for #GermanLitMonth #NovNov23 – von Chamisso & DürrenmattJust squeaking in at the end of the month, here are two shorter reviews of novellas (hence qualifying for Novellas in November also) originally...
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Shiny Linkiness – Nicholas RoyleToday at Shiny New Books, I have a pair of posts for you. Nicholas Royle (the one who is/was a professor at Sussex University, not the...
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#ReadingBeryl23 – It’s a wrap!It was a relatively quiet #ReadingBeryl23 week this time, although livelier on socials, as having her birthday in the middle of the week brought...
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Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell – blogtourIt’s hard to believe that we’ve now reached the 27th Kay Scarpetta thriller from Patricia Cornwell! I remember discovering them back...
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An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge #ReadingBeryl23Back when first published in 1989, this was my first exposure to Beryl Bainbridge, and it would be some years before I read another, which was...
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The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge #ReadingBeryl23Finally, a review for you. This is one of the few novels by Beryl that I hadn’t read. Bainbridge’s eighteenth and final novel was...
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Guest Post: Beryl Bainbridge. A memory, by Maureen HanscombToday I have a special post for you. A couple of weeks ago when I was publicising #ReadingBeryl23, a lovely sounding lady contacted me to ask if...
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Reading Beryl 2023Since it was 2016 when I last hosted a Beryl Bainbridge Reading Week , I thought it was time to do it again. I chose this week for two reasons....
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Novellas in November Wk 3: Broadening my Horizons with Epstein & HornbyThe idea of week three of #NovNov is to read novellas outside your normal purview, be it a new genre, in translation etc. Rebecca and Cathy...
