Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

Can recommend, really enjoyed The Other People

Nice morning for a run

Fantastic night out at Waterstones yesterday hearing @clclark.bsky.social, @toribovalino.bsky.social and @tashasuri.bsky.social talk about their books, swords, magic and many other things. And the chance to catch up (all too briefly) with @gambit589.bsky.social, my lovely Orbit Books friend!

Bought some new book shelves. Twice the height of the existing ones so I’d have some room. They’re full already.

No weeknotes today. Regular service will resume next week

We're excited to reveal that next Feb we'll be celebrating 20 yrs since @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's darkly funny, sharp #Debut #Thriller #Tombstoning with a very special anniversary edition inc. intro by @brookmyre.bsky.social We can't wait for you to read it! 🌊 https://bit.ly/43835V7 ##BookSky

Approved for a much-anticipated book on NetGalley just now. I really need to catch up with my reviews! Will try and crack the backlog in November...

How on earth did this one manage to pass me by? The Iron Road, by @davewragg.com. Discovered it in Waterstones in hardback from HarperVoyager. I love this series so much

Here's a #ThrowbackThursday post to one of my reads from earlier this summer and The Redeemer by Victoria Goldman. This was a cracking read! 😁 #booksky @victoriagoldman.bsky.social

Very excellent #bookpost today from the lovely @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social. A shiny hardback copy of Claire North’s Slow Gods. Out next month, sounds fantastic!

weeknotes: sumo, chips, banana bread matcha and NFL. Busy week espressococo.com/2025/10/24/w...

weeknotes: sumo, chips, banana bread matcha and NFL. Busy week espressococo.com/2025/10/24/w...

Stopped into the bookstore today and saved $1.75 by only getting a medium coffee abd then I spent that extra $97.42 on books instead

As Francis Bacon said: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." #BookSky 📚

Ever wondered what goes into giving books star ratings? Here's some food for thought. espressococo.com/2023/11/08/b... Warning: may make you hungry

Super excited to get an email about Jennie Godfrey's new book being up on NetGalley, especially when it started with "you're invited to..." Alas, it was just part of the blurb! Requested, with fingers and toes crossed!

Sumo yesterday, NFL today. Off to see the Rams v Jags game at Wembley!

Spotted at Orpington station, ad for Jessica May Harper’s (aka Steph Broadribb)fantastic The Smart Girl’s Guide to Revenge. Got Audible and fancy a delightful, twisty revenge tale? Get it in your ears!

Sumo!

On my way to London for the #sumo later. Thought a Japanese mystery was a good way to spend the journey

Off to London tomorrow to see the sumo, then NFL at Wembley on Sunday. Busy weekend!

weeknotes: the linky edition. Newsletters, Chinese food, a murder in Vienna and a sleepy LokiCat espressococo.com/2025/10/17/w...

weeknotes: SKOL VIKINGS! espressococo.com/2025/10/10/w...

weeknotes: SKOL VIKINGS! espressococo.com/2025/10/10/w...

weeknotes: too social? in which I muse about blogging, social media and books about cats. espressococo.com/2025/10/03/w...

weeknotes: too social? in which I muse about blogging, social media and books about cats. espressococo.com/2025/10/03/w...

Looking at my overflowing bookshelves - is it too late to do a post-Harrogate Crime Writing Festival giveaway?

Exhibition turns out to be breathtaking. Super-condensed curated examination of my father’s way of being in the world. Fascinating - even to me - moving and revealing. Kudos to Federico Varese, Jessica Douthwaite, Richard Ovenden et al. I’m just going to link again visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

Most excellent #bookpost from the lovely @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter is out in February next year. Thanks @gambit589.bsky.social for the advance copy! *cat not included

weeknotes: holiday edition, featuring Hamlet, books, more books and some books. Oh, and local whisky distillery. espressococo.com/2025/09/26/w...

weeknotes: holiday edition, featuring Hamlet, books, more books and some books. Oh, and local whisky distillery. espressococo.com/2025/09/26/w...

Next up: The Winter Job, by Antti Tuomainen. Out soon from @orendabooks.bsky.social

Three books read so far in my holiday: Vivian Dies Again by CE Hulse A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

Something for the weekend crowd ( suspect Bluesky doesn’t like links)

weeknotes: signs & portents. If it's never full price, how can it be half price? This and other questions answered in your regular(ish) weekly ramblings from yours truly espressococo.com/2025/09/19/w...

weeknotes: signs & portents. If it's never full price, how can it be half price? This and other questions answered in your regular(ish) weekly ramblings from yours truly espressococo.com/2025/09/19/w...

Started reading Joe Hill’s new book last night, King Sorrow. Kindle said it would take 12 hours plus! It’s a chonk.

Post five pleasures in life: 1. Waking up to realise it *is* actually saturday 2. Reading a new book by your favourite author 3. The cat deciding it's your lap they want to snooze on today 4. Putting the world to rights over a whisky with your mate 5. Realising it's now Big Jumper season

In case you missed yesterday’s thrilling weeknotes

Friday again. And you know that that means – it’s weeknote time! This week it's books, books and more books, Aliens on earth, a rogue Ade Edmondson, a Parisian flashmob and a bit of Yungblud. Eclectic, innit? espressococo.com/2025/09/12/w...

Friday again. And you know that that means – it’s weeknote time! This week it's books, books and more books, Aliens on earth, a rogue Ade Edmondson, a Parisian flashmob and a bit of Yungblud. Eclectic, innit? espressococo.com/2025/09/12/w...

As the link doesn't seem to link... bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...

Today - joining the #blogtour for The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek, out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social. I've an extract from this story of intrigue and war. Thanks @annerandomthings.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙https://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blogtour-extract-from-winter-warriors.html

lunchtime dash to the bookshop to pick up a copy of Mick Herron's latest, Clown Town, out today!

weeknotes: no phones allowed. Have you been to a gig with a strict no phones/no recording policy? espressococo.com/2025/09/05/w...

weeknotes: no phones allowed. Have you been to a gig with a strict no phones/no recording policy? espressococo.com/2025/09/05/w...

Ooh, this one is great! Proper page turner, get on it!

weeknotes: look to the skies. Books, hiking, movies and stuff. espressococo.com/2025/08/29/w...