MadameBibiLophile
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I like books and I blog about books I like at
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Today on the blog, Victorian sensationalism - Review-along: Lady Audley’s Secret
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Review-along: Lady Audley’s Secret
I really wanted to join in with the review-along for Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1862), as it’s a long-standing part of Mount TBR. Novellas a Day in May meant it was beyond me t…
https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/06/06/review-along-lady-audleys-secret/
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alifeinbooks
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New on my blog - Frida Slattery as Herself by Ana Kinsella: ‘I could talk to you forever’
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Frida Slattery as Herself by Ana Kinsella: ‘I could talk to you forever’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/06/frida-slattery-as-herself-by-ana-kinsella-i-could-talk-to-you-forever/
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Simon Thomas
4 days ago
All the books I bought a month ago in Hay on Wye...
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A great big pile of books from Hay-on-Wye
I went to Hay-on-Wye at the beginning of the month, but it’s taken me a good while to get around to listing all my spoils. And, goodness, I bought a lot of books. I was actually really encour…
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alifeinbooks
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New on my blog - Books to Look Out For in July 2026: Part One
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Books to Look Out For in July 2026: Part One - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/06/books-to-look-out-for-in-july-2026-part-one/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
6 days ago
"He feared his dreams."
#traindreams
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“He feared his dreams.” #traindreams
Books lead on to other books… When I was offered the chance to review Denis Johnson’s “Jesus’ Son” for Shiny New Books (I’ll link when this is live), I was remin…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/he-feared-his-dreams-traindreams/
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Lisa Hill
7 days ago
Deliciously macabre...
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The Thornbacks (2026), by Chloe Wilson
Deliciously macabre, The Thornbacks is the debut novel of Melbourne-based award-winning author and poet Chloe Wilson. This is the book description that beguiled me into reading it: Deliciously uns…
https://anzlitlovers.com/2026/05/31/the-thornbacks-2026-by-chloe-wilson/
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Today on the blog, ending a month-long project with a recommendation from
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#BookADayInMay
Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.31
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.31
I made it! I’m genuinely amazed! May has been a really busy, slightly chaotic month and I can’t believe I managed to sustain my daily novella reading and posting. I’ve enjoyed it so much, and a mas…
https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/05/31/novella-a-day-in-may-2026-no-31/
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alifeinbooks
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New on my blog - I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder: ‘What are we?’
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I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder: ‘What are we?’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder-what-are-we/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
9 days ago
Some thoughts on May reading and June plans...
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Some thoughts on May reading and June plans…
May has been another interesting month of reading, although it has been dominated by some bigger volumes which will be covered on the Ramblings next month and which tie in particularly with June! H…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/some-thoughts-on-may-reading-and-june-plans/
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Lisa Hill
10 days ago
Just read Jan Carson's 3rd novel Few and Far Between. She gets better and better with every book!
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Few and Far Between (2025), by Jan Carson
Jan Carson! What a brilliant author and what a stunning creation is her new novel Few and Far Between. For the past few days I have been totally absorbed by this counterfactual story of a utopia t…
https://anzlitlovers.com/2026/05/28/few-and-far-between-2025-by-jan-carson/
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alifeinbooks
11 days ago
New on my blog - American Fantasy by Emma Straub: ‘Who’s ready for the best weekend of their lives?’
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American Fantasy by Emma Straub: ‘Who’s ready for the best weekend of their lives?’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/american-fantasy-by-emma-straub-whos-ready-for-the-best-weekend-of-their-lives/
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Simon Thomas
13 days ago
Some thoughts on They by Helle Helle
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They by Helle Helle – #ABookADayInMay – Day 24
The UK has entered something of a heatwave, and I read They (2018) by Helle Helle entirely outside, in a couple of different parks in Oxford. It was originally in Danish, and translated by Martin A…
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Lisa Hill
13 days ago
If you liked Year of Wonders, you will love Bernice Barry's The Names of a Hare:
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The Names of a Hare (2026) by Bernice Barry
Oh, what a pleasure it was to read this book! I thought I wasn’t going to like it. There’s a fad for books about witches and I gave up on all the clumsy ones I’ve tried recently.…
https://anzlitlovers.com/2026/05/25/the-names-of-a-hare-2026-by-bernice-barry/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
12 days ago
"...there is no reason for anything to be real."
#angelacarter
#blackvenus
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“…there is no reason for anything to be real.” #angelacarter #blackvenus
I am nothing if not a very easily influenced reader; mention an interesting sounding book, and I’m off to see if I have it in the stacks or if I can pick up a reasonably priced copy somewhere…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/there-is-no-reason-for-anything-to-be-real-angelacarter-blackvenus/
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alifeinbooks
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New on my blog - Paperbacks to Look Out For in June 2026: Part Two
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Paperbacks to Look Out For in June 2026: Part Two - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/paperbacks-to-look-out-for-in-june-2026-part-two/
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JacquiWine
14 days ago
New on the blog today, I've written about A WORKING MOTHER by Agnes Owens. A prickly, slightly surreal portrait of the frustrations of marriage, work & motherhood, oscillating between barbed humour & dismal tragedy, all narrated by a woman on the edge. 💙📚
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A Working Mother by Agnes Owens
In this, her centenary year, the Scottish writer Agnes Owens is ripe for rediscovery, aided by Polygon’s brand new reissues of four of her books, with another three to follow in September. Having v…
https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/a-working-mother-by-agnes-owens/
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Paula Bardell-Hedley
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#BookReview
#Reading
#bookbloggers
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Winding Up the Week #471
In this, my final wind up of the month, I look at books read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of unusual anniversaries, announce a two‑…
https://bookjotter.com/2026/05/23/winding-up-the-week-471/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
16 days ago
Today on the blog, the second (and equally fascinating) book from
@oldstpublishing.bsky.social
on controversial art exhibitions! "...an insult to the taste of the English people."
#ArtQuake1910
#oldstreetpublishing
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“…an insult to the taste of the English people.” #ArtQuake1910 #oldstreetpublishing
The second of the two recent released from Old Street Publishing, in their ‘Great Events’ series, is the intriguingly titled “Art-Quake 1910” by David Boyd Hancock. Subtitle…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/an-insult-to-the-taste-of-the-english-people-artquake1910-oldstreetpublishing/
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alifeinbooks
16 days ago
New on my blog - Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller: Madness, manipulation and suspense
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Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller: Madness, manipulation and suspense - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/hunger-and-thirst-by-claire-fuller-madness-manipulation-and-suspense/
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Simon Thomas
16 days ago
Old Soldiers by Paul Bailey is an exceptional little tour de force - odd, funny, moving
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Old Soldiers by Paul Bailey – #ABookADayInMay – Day 21
I really should read more by Paul Bailey. Whenever I do, I’m reminded what an excellent writer he is. And Old Soldiers (1980) is another tour de force from him. It feels odd to call a novella…
https://www.stuckinabook.com/old-soldiers-by-paul-bailey-abookadayinmay-day-21/
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Simon Thomas
17 days ago
I really enjoyed The Driveway Has Two Sides by Sara Marchant - another gem from
@fairlightbooks.bsky.social
Fairlight Moderns series
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The Driveway Has Two Sides by Sara Marchant – #ABookADayInMay – Day 20
I’m continuing my reading of Fairlight Moderns with The Driveway Has Two Sides (2018) by Sara Marchant – with another lovely cover illustration by Sam Kalda. Honestly, I can’t spe…
https://www.stuckinabook.com/the-driveway-has-two-sides-by-sara-marchant-abookadayinmay-day-20/
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Today on the blog: Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.20
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.20
It’s been years since I read Han Kang but I did like The Vegetarian and Human Acts, so I was looking forward to reading the novella which came between those two, Greek Lessons (2011, transl. Debora…
https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/05/20/novella-a-day-in-may-2026-no-20/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
18 days ago
On the blog today, the first of two brilliant art books from
@oldstpublishing.bsky.social
"It is a dance, a collaboration, this outrage".
#degenerateart
@OldStPublishing
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“It is a dance, a collaboration, this outrage”. #degenerateart @OldStPublishing
Old Street Publishing is an indie press which I only came across relatively recently, but I’ve loved both of the books I’ve read from them, each by Sheila Fitzpatrick: “The Death …
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/it-is-a-dance-a-collaboration-this-outrage-degenerateart-oldstpublishing/
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alifeinbooks
18 days ago
New on my blog - Dark is the Morning by Rupert Thomson: An evocative tale of rural Italy
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Dark is the Morning by Rupert Thomson: An evocative tale of rural Italy - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/dark-is-the-morning-by-rupert-thomson-an-evocative-tale-of-rural-italy/
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Today on the blog, family fracture: Novella a Day in May 2026 - No.19
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.19
The Children’s Bach by Helen Garner (1984) was apparently hailed as one of four perfect short novels in the English language. If I was Helen Garner I would sigh with frustration at such accolades b…
https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/05/19/novella-a-day-in-may-2026-no-19/
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JacquiWine
19 days ago
New on the blog today, my thoughts on OTHER PEOPLE by Celia Dale, in which a teenager's life is upended when her father returns from Australia after a mysterious 12-year absence. An unsettling coming-of-age novel from one of the queens of suburban noir! 💙📚
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Other People by Celia Dale
Over the past few years, Celia Dale has become one of my favourite rediscovered authors, largely thanks to Daunt’s reissues of her darkly compelling stories of suburban deception, A Helping Hand, S…
https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/other-people-by-celia-dale/
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Simon Thomas
19 days ago
Catching Fire by Daniel Hahn is such a privilege to read - a window into the literary translator's process, from beginning to (almost) end.
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Catching Fire by Daniel Hahn – #ABookADayInMay – Day 18
I knew I had to buy Catching Fire (2022) by Daniel Hahn as soon as I heard about it – and, boom, it’s not even three years since I bought it and I’ve read it! Such speed an…
https://www.stuckinabook.com/catching-fire-by-daniel-hahn-abookadayinmay-day-18/
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Today on the blog, the 90th best novel of all time, according to the recent Guardian list 📚Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.18
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.18
Well, I didn’t read a comic novella to get over my Yonnondio trauma in the end, because my Wodehouse in the TBR was too long, and The Guardian published its list of the 100 Best Novels of All Time …
https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/05/18/novella-a-day-in-may-2026-no-18/
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alifeinbooks
20 days ago
New on my blog - Paperbacks to Look Out For in June 2026 Part One
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Paperbacks to Look Out For in June 2026 Part One - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/paperbacks-to-look-out-for-in-june-2026-part-one/
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
20 days ago
On the Ramblings today - a stunning Scottish poet! "To find the music of the words..."
#williamjtait
#adaybetweentheweathers
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“To find the music of the words…” #williamjtait #adaybetweentheweathers
The books of indie publisher Michael Walmer have featured here on the Ramblings a number of times; he releases a wide range of interesting fiction, poetry and non-fiction, and since his relocation …
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/to-find-the-music-of-the-words-williamjtait-adaybetweentheweathers/
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John Self
21 days ago
I think the best way to enjoy this list, which contains lots of predictable choices (made as it was by committee), is to find a book you like, click to see who voted for it, and then look at the voters' other top 10 choices. You might find something else you like that you haven't read.
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Simon Thomas
21 days ago
The third volume of Solvej Balle's On The Calculation of Volume is as extraordinary as the first two:
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On the Calculation of Volume (vol.3) by Solvej Balle – #ABookADayInMay – Day 16
Ladies and gentlemen, this is personal growth. I’m actually reading a series without gaps of years between the books! I wrote about the second volume in Balle’s On the Calculation of Vo…
https://www.stuckinabook.com/on-the-calculation-of-volume-vol-3-by-solvej-balle-abookadayinmay-day-16/
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Today on the blog, the halfway point of a month-long project: Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.16
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.16
Halfway through NADIM 2026! I’m frankly amazed, having only really decided to go ahead on 30 April. I’m still not sure I’ll finish as I’ve home renovations this week and two very busy work weeks co…
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21 days ago
‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression
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‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression
The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have found herself at a different time
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/16/im-so-grateful-i-got-to-live-these-days-a-ghost-in-the-throat-author-doireann-ni-ghriofa-on-recovering-from-depression?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1778930504
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Lisa Hill
22 days ago
Published to celebrate 50 years of the inimitable Fremantle Press, A Two of Two Publishers by Linda Martin is much more than its title suggests and belongs in every writers' centre in Australia.
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Today on the blog, the outbreak of war - Novella a Day in May 2026 - No.15
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.15
I had an interesting experience reading The Gulls Fly Inland by Sylvia Thompson (1941). The blurb on the back made it sound like a thwarted-lovers type story. This wouldn’t really pique my interest…
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alifeinbooks
23 days ago
New on my blog - The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler (transl. Charlotte Collins): ‘Everything is either work or destiny’
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The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler (transl. Charlotte Collins): ‘Everything is either work or destiny’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/the-last-movement-by-robert-seethaler-transl-charlotte-collins-everything-is-either-work-or-destiny/
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Today on the blog, young love in the 1960s: Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.14
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.14
Rose Tremain is one of those authors whose name is completely familiar to me without much idea of her writing at all. Positive reviews in the blogosphere encouraged me to give her a try, and I thou…
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
24 days ago
Life in a dictatorship - over @shinynewbooks
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Life in a dictatorship – over @shinynewbooks
I have a new review up at Shiny New Books today and it’s of a fascinating and absorbing book – “The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving Ceaușescu’s RomaniaR…
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Cathy Brown
23 days ago
@annabookbel.bsky.social
is hosting 20 Books of Summer this year and I'll be taking part. My goal is to read these 20 books between 1 June and 31 August!
#20BOS26
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Liz Dexter / LyzzyBee 📚📚🏃♀️
24 days ago
My book pile for 20 Books of Summer 2026. Will I read them all??
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#20BOS26
#booksky
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Lisa Hill
30 days ago
Angela O'Keeffe's latest venture with a non-sentient narrator is a book and also... see
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Phantom Days (2026), by Angela O’Keeffe
Sydney author Angela O’Keeffe has created an interesting niche in contemporary Australian publishing: she writes short novels with non-human narrators. In her debut novel Night Blue (2021, s…
https://anzlitlovers.com/2026/05/08/phantom-days-2026-by-angela-okeeffe/
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Lisa Hill
25 days ago
20 Books of Winter 2026:
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20 Books of Winter 2026
I quite enjoyed doing 20 Books of Winter last year: it’s the antipodean version of 20 Books of Summer which has been going for a good few years now, hosted this year by Annabel. It’s a…
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
25 days ago
On the blog today - an intriguing look at Kafka through the lens of his translators! "...the self and the other always meet in the end..."
#kafkaesque
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“…the self and the other always meet in the end…” #kafkaesque
There’s been a run of books recently which have arrived at the Ramblings and not even skimmed Mount TBR; and for once, I can remember where I heard about this recent arrival! The book is R…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/the-self-and-the-other-always-meet-in-the-end-kafkaesque/
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Simon Thomas
25 days ago
My thoughts on A Little Stranger by Candia McWilliam
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A Little Stranger by Candia McWilliam – #ABookADayInMay – Day 12
I bought A Little Stranger (1989) by Candia McWilliam at a National Trust secondhand bookshop, not knowing anything about it but intrigued by the enthusiastic quotes on the back – and, I̵…
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alifeinbooks
25 days ago
New on my blog: A Snapshot of My Reading #15
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A Snapshot of My Reading #15 - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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Simon Thomas
24 days ago
Uncharacteristically, I read a book with 'horror' in the title THREE times
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Horror! Horror! Horror! by Edith Olivier – #ABookADayInMay – Day 13
Under normal circumstances, I would run in the other direction from a book with ‘horror’ in the title, let alone three times. But I also love Edith Olivier, and was interested when Snug…
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Yesterday on the blog, mid-20th century blackmail: Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.13
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Novella a Day in May 2026 – No.13
Last year for this project I read The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate, and enjoyed it enough to pick up her debut novel, The Blackmailer (1958), this year. I must admit my expectations were moder…
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Simon Thomas
26 days ago
Day 11 of
#ABookADayInMay
is a trip back to Elizabeth's German Garden in The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
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The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim – #ABookADayInMay – Day 11
When I was looking through my Virago Modern Classics bookcase to see if I had anything that would work for this month, I was pleased to see that The Solitary Summer (1899), though about 190 …
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
27 days ago
"Some call this equality."
#nelliebly
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“Some call this equality.” #nelliebly
Memo to self: you really should start making a note about where you’ve heard about a particular book as it’s rare that the information remains in your head!! The book I want to share my…
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