To select twenty-five best reads might sound easy, but it’s really not when you’ve read over eighty books in total that year. However I always enjoy giving it a go as it’s a pleasure to re-visit the year’s finds. I also like cheating; finding...
We are ten days into Nanowrimo and if you are taking part this year, you are either feeling smug about being ahead of the game (unlikely), still going strong and managing 1,667 words per day (possible), or perhaps you are struggling a bit but vowing to catch up (been...
October means autumn is here. Time to curl up in front of the fire with a good book. And of course at the end of the month it will be Halloween, so maybe it’s time for a good ghost story? There are so many creepy books out there I decided that in order to...
Today is National Read a Book day, so I’m celebrating with a list of funny books. I don’t know how you are feeling, but I’m nearly at the point of boycotting the news altogether. It’s a bit like reading a crime or horror story, I’m still...
Last month’s blog, which was written at the start of the summer heatwave and was about books set in hot places, seemed to strike a chord with a few people. As the heatwave intensifies, maybe it’s time to think about cold places as setting. The novel...
