Experimental narrative techniques sometimes work and sometimes don't. Often within the same book. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/023c...

Audition by Katie Kitamura, shortlisted for the Booker last year, is £1.99 on Kobo and Kindle today. It divides opinion, but I loved it.

Not sure I would've persevered with this if it hadn't been Christmas a gift from Ian. The Green Ages by Annette Kehnel. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7a9...

I knew he lived here of course, but I didn't know I'd walked past the end of his road countless times. David Bowie's childhood home to open to the public www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Ian and I had got married on Mercury we'd be celebrating our 90th anniversary today! #mathaversaries

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown is 99p on Kobo and Kindle today. Takes a while to get into it, but well worth the effort.

Scary stuff. Bluesky is now the only form of social media I engage with. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fdea...

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden and The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller are both 99p on Kindle and Kobo today. I loved them, and you might too.

Feeling a bit delicate after this one. That's All I Know by Elisa Levi (trans: Christina MacSweeney). app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/59c4...

This was a DNF for me. I feel guilty given the subject matter, but it wasn't letting me connect with the emotion. Things in Nature merely Grow by Yiyun Li. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a54e...

Just popped out for a few minutes' meteor hunting and caught two good ones! #geminids

I'm fine with authors being experimental, but this wasn't for me. The Expansion Project by Ben Pester. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f3b1...

Very sorry to hear of the death of Martin Parr. A few years ago we were lucky enough to be photographed by him. A wonderful experience.

Well deserved. Weeks after finishing the book I still find my mind drifting off to that lighthouse.

Extraordinary and unusual book. Might become historically important in years to come. Endling by Maria Reva. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1f23...

Not as good as the first two parts but still compelling enough to continue. On the Calculation on Volume III by Solvej Balle. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/40cc...

Part of the Dark Tales series - novellas retelling tales from Scottish folklore and history. This is about a true crime committed in 1857 in the Outer Hebrides. Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5b24...

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood is £1.99 on Kobo and Kindle today. Well worth it. Lovely book. Orbital by Samantha Harvey is 99p. I didn't get on with it but many people rate it very highly.

I'm afraid this didn't live up to the hype for me. Katabasis by R F Kuang. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0e33...

Some Kazuo Ishiguros going cheap on Kindle today (and a couple on Kobo).

Wowzers. A short book with a slow burn. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2fad...

I love a book that leaves me feeling a bit emotional. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6bd6...

People rave about this book but it didn't do it for me. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4af2...

My hibiscus has bees feeding on its flowers, my pelargoniums are not only in bloom but producing new buds, and my spring bulbs are popping up. It's also November.

A Fantasia jack-o'-lantern this year.

Absolutely gorgeous novella. I can see why people were upset it didn't make the Booker shortlist. Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/dd7c...

People seem to either love or hate this book. I was kind of in the middle. Helm, by Sarah Hall. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d882...

They said we might get some good autumn colour. This is by the entrance to Bromley Palace Park where I was delighted to be surrounded by huge flocks of long tailed tits and goldcrests. Lovely!

I've been struggling with my concentration recently so took a while to get through this book, but I loved it nevertheless. Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/10ae...

Interesting that this was on BBC News today as I took my two cats in for their yearly jabs. The receptionist was so shocked at my bill that she took considerable time to show me how I could bring it down. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some Booker longlisters are cheap on Kindle (but not Kobo) today: - The Rest of Our Lives - Love Forms - Endling Also Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, which disgracefully I've never read.

I enjoyed this, but I don't know why blurbs are so often misleading. Greater Sins by Gabrielle Griffiths. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6f4a...

I went on a bat walk in a local park this evening. We saw pipistrelles, and heard on our bat detectors (but didn't see) daubenton's bats. You can hear the bat detectors in the background.

Highly recommend this book. I loved it. The Original by Nell Stevens. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e827...

Great fun, but changes might be needed to keep future instalments fresh. The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/dd87...

Having complained about the state of a Church House Gardens I didn't have much of an excuse not to turn up to a volunteers day recently. In just three hours we cut back and uncovered the path behind the lake that had been completely lost to overgrown plants. More volunteers days to come.

Sadly unimpressed by this. The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0040...

I think this shortlist might prove controversial. The popular favourite (Seascraper) isn't there, and some less well liked ones are. Personally I'm happy that Audition made it, although not everyone will agree.

Very sweet, but flowery writing isn't for me. A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7cfd...

It took me a while to get on with this book but I'm so glad I persevered. Just wow. We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/671e...

There were a couple of points where I started to get a bit frustrated with this book - it felt much longer than its 200 pages - but I'm glad I persevered. Love forms by Claire Adam. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c7a0...

I didn't dislike it, but I doubt I'll be reading the other three volumes when they come out. The South by Tash Aw. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f2b3...

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon is 99p on Kobo and Kindle today. If for some crazy reason you haven't already read it, I insist you buy it now.

Of the five Booker longlisters I've read so far, this is in equal first place with Audition. Flesh by David Szalay. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5a3f...

Another novel about an unhinged woman. I enjoyed it for the most part, but the end section stumped me somewhat. The Coin by Yasmin Zaher. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/97bd...

I liked this, but I don't think it's a Booker winner. The Rest of our Lives by Benjamin Markovits. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/af6c...

I'm left a bit confused by this book, and I don't seem to be the only one. Universality by Natasha Brown. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/63c2...

A book that divides people, but I loved it. I suspect skim-readers won't get as much out of this book. The author does tell you what's going on. Audition by Katie Kitamura. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c408...

The first of this year's Booker longlist that I've read. Some excellent parts. Some not so much. Saved in part for me by its setting in Greece, a country I absolutely adore. One Boat by Jonathan Buckley. app.thestorygraph.com/books/11ea8e...