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Constance by Patrick McGrath
To say that I looked forward to reading Constance, Patrick McGrath’s latest novel would be putting it mildly. His novel Dr. Haggard’s Disease makes my favourite books list, so I approached… more →
His Futile Preoccupations or The Years of Reading Aimlessly.....
New Podcast: The Decline of British Fiction
wrote 13 hours ago: In this podcast, Professor Patricia Waugh and Jennifer Hodgson discuss the alleged decline of Britis … more →
Perth Haul
wrote 1 day ago: So I spent this week having a lovely mooch around Perth. Said mooch, of course, involved many happy … more →
Barbican Press Q&A
wrote 6 days ago: Barbican Press will soon be launching their Doctored Books list with my new novel, The Deconstructio … more →
Our weekend in books
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wrote 1 week ago: This weekend was dominated by a certain ‘Queen of Crime’ – Dame Agatha Christie. M … more →
Constance by Patrick McGrath
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wrote 1 week ago: To say that I looked forward to reading Constance, Patrick McGrath’s latest novel would be put … more →
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
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wrote 2 weeks ago: “There were doorways between this world and the next.” In 2012, one of my books-of-the-y … more →
Beautiful Book #2
wrote 2 weeks ago: I am very lucky that not only does Callum love books, he’s very happy to buy me books and add … more →
An Afternoon in Bloomsbury
wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m visiting G. in Oxford for a few weeks, and Oxford being what it is of course she … more →
J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
wrote 2 weeks ago: Harry Potter’s existence in London is small and unremarkable. He’s an orphan who lives with his negl … more →
Dubliners
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dubliners , was written by Irish writer and poet, James Augusta Aloysius Joyce. Joyce was born on F … more →
Cassandra by Starlight Blog Tour Stop!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: About Cassandra By Starlight: Falling in love makes Cassie Wallace’s everyday and normal life … more →
A Witch by Nature: Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes: Or The Loving Huntsman. [Chatto 1926] Introd. [2011] Sarah Waters. … more →
More Books Worth Reading
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wrote 3 weeks ago: According to Oscar Wilde, It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you … more →
2012 - Sweet Home - Carys Bray
wrote 3 weeks ago: Sweet Home – Carys Bray Salt Publishing – 2012 “She bought her eldest, Samuel, six … more →
Brighton Rock
wrote 3 weeks ago: I finished this book today and wanted to write my review straight away (I have been putting too many … more →
[562] Mr. Churchill's Secretary - Susan Elia MacNeal
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wrote 3 weeks ago: ” As the days turned to weeks, everyone in London learned to live with it. The learned to live … more →
One Step Too Far - Tina Seskis
wrote 3 weeks ago: One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis My rating: 2 of 5 stars If my fellow reviewers on Goodreads are to b … more →
Delightful series for the younger set: Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn & Nick Price
wrote 3 weeks ago: I have admired the covers of this delightful series for a long time, but have only recently taken th … more →
Werfel in new 'Review of Contemporary Fiction'
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Dalkey Archive Press has just published the Review of Contemporary Fiction: The Future of Britis … more →
