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‘Reading the Meow’ for #20booksofsummer23Goodness knows, I’ve read enough books featuring prominent cats over the years, so when Mallika of Literary Potpourri announced...
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Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamaraI must admit that Psyche and Eros are two characters from ancient Greek and Roman mythology, Eros also being known as Cupid to the Romans, that I...
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The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M John Harrison (20B#1)Below is my review of my first read from my TBR for #20booksofsummer23 hosted by Cathy at 746 Books . I look forward to this reading challenge...
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Black River by Nilanjana RoyI’m delighted to be one of today’s stops on the Pushkin Vertigo blog tour for this gripping noir novel by Indian author Nilanjana Roy....
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Patriots by Peter MorganMy second theatre trip of half term week, on a train strike day, necessitating taking the Oxford Tube coach – getting the last seat to...
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Six Degrees of Separation: FriendaholicFirst 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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Zona: A book about a film about a journey to a room, by Geoff DyerThe Folio 2023 Roadside Picnic Recently, I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris...
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The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam MendesI’ve got several theatre trips coming up, so rather than cram them into my Watchlist posts, I’m giving my trip last night a separate...
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A Bond novella for the coronation!On His Majesty’s Secret Service by Charlie Higson Although I’ve largely given up on reading the latest...
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Kerching! It’s so 1980s – Money by Martin AmisI originally reviewed this book back in 2015, but thought I’d republish a slightly tweaked review after hearing of Martin Amis’ death...
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Another weirdly fabulous novel from Russell HobanKleinzeit by Russell Hoban I’m gradually working my way through Hoban’s novels. I have quite a lot of them on my shelves, some in...
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Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund MadsenTranslated by Megan E. Turney This debut novel is already a prize winner in Madsen’s home country of Denmark, and it’s easy to...
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A Game of Deceit by Tim Glister – Blog tourExotic locations are de rigueur for the period spy novel genre, but none are more suited for a bit of cold war paranoia and plenty of...
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The Cook, his Wife and the Waitress – Service by Sarah GilmartinI won’t be the first to write a tagline reminiscent of the ace 1989 Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ,...
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Skin Deep by Antonia LassaTranslated by Jacky Collins I’m delighted to be today’s stop on the blogtour for Corylus Books’ first publication...
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Six Degrees of Separation: HydraFirst 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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Watchlist: mid-March to end-April 2023Films on the small screen: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Prime) – after reading Baxter Dury’s memoir (reviewed...
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The (Jazz) Baroness by Hannah RothschildA couple of weeks ago, I read a novel called Viper’s Dream by Jake Lamar which, in its early 1960s timeline featured ‘Nica’,...
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Two Short Reviews – Lelic and PorterThe House by Simon Lelic I’ve read four of Lelic’s novels before and really enjoyed all of them, especially his debut,...
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Isaac and the egg by Bobby Palmer – blogtourThe paperback of this big bestseller was published last week. I had bought the hardback for myself when it was first published, so this blogtour...
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My Phantoms by Gwendoline RileyOh my, how I loved this novella (it just scrapes in under 200 pages). The story of Helen, ‘Hen’, as told my her youngest daughter...
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Viper’s Dream by Jake Lamar – BlogtourThis novel just drips atmosphere – of two specific types! First there is Harlem in the 1930s – A contained world within New York...
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The 1940 Club: Journey into Fear by Eric AmblerWhen looking through my books to choose one to read for Simon and Kaggsy ‘s 1940 Club reading week, I was surprised to find...
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More. Numbers. Every. Day. by Micael Dahlen & Helge Thorbjørnsen – blog tourTranslated by Paul Norlen. Let’s face it, I was always going to find a popular science book written by a pair of Swedish behavioural...
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NF catch-upThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl Translated by F H Lyon This was our book group choice for this month, with a sea...
