Any challenge requiring reading a particular stack of books is a no-no for me. I have enough reading commitments in review copies and ...

I have two shorter reviews for you today. One short because it is a cracking and direct sequel, so I can’t say a lot about it, and the second because I ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds My second read for the #1952Club reading week hosted by Kaggsy and Simon – is a Maigret – there’s nearly always a Maigret ...

Feito’s first novel Mrs March was an absolute blast. An exercise in paranoia on the part of an Upper East Side housewife, who thinks ...

First a knee update! There’s no cartilage left, and still inflamation behind the knee – so an Ultrasound Guided Steroid Injection is booked to deal ...

Today marks the beginning of the latest year reading week hosted by Kaggsy and Simon. Last week I surveyed some of the titles published in this year ...

“O tempora, o mores” as Cicero said. Can you believe the state that a certain orange person and his sidekicks have gotten us into? I’m not going to get ...

My first encounter with Eve Smith was with her second novel, Off Target, in which genetic engineering of children is normal. I very much enjoyed it – ...

It’s a little over eight years since David Bowie died in January 2016, but his memory lives on. Although I had Ziggy on my bedroom walls as a young ...

The week after this one, from 21-27 April, it’s the next year reading club hosted by Kaggsy and Simon: The 1952 Club. As I was going through lists ...