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...

Fabulous Friday #BookPost in the form of #NowhereBurning by the hauntingly talented @catrionaward.bsky.social 😱 It's described as a chilling thriller set in a mysterious refuge for runaway children, where fire is never far away... 🔥 Oooh, can't wait! Thanks @viperbooks.bsky.social 🙏Out Feb

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

Went to a festival. Bought a book

Up Catbells this morning, very hot. Ice cream and a river swim this afternoon followed by a refreshing pint

Reminded of the time I made a guest appearance in @laurenbeukes.com’s fabulous Broken Monsters

Milky Way over my campsite in Cumbria last night

Have been watching this on a loop and crying with laughter for about 5 minutes straight now 🤣🤣

A blog experiment the things that caught my eye online this week to share www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/...

Book 32 of the year: The Final Vow by @mwcraven.bsky.social Hoo, boy I enjoyed this one enormously. Out next week, get it on your shopping list! Thanks to Little, Brown UK for the NetGalley copy, full review up on the blog soon!

The #NetGalley book fairies have been kind today. Sorry TBR pile.

New Review - a long wait in the desert turns into a much more epic tale in the entrancing novella For The Road by Stark Holborn out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/...

Weeknotes: I’m back! Featuring some books from Harrogate, cycling, assassins and other shenanigans espressococo.com/2025/08/01/w...

they might not relish the idea but it looks like they need to have some frank discussions about beefing up highway safety, or they'll be in hot water. mistakes like this can really ketchup to you

Weeknotes: I’m back! Featuring some books from Harrogate, cycling, assassins and other shenanigans espressococo.com/2025/08/01/w...

Very exciting NetGalley approval for Quantum of Menace by @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social by @zaffrebooks.bsky.social! Can't wait to dive in #QuantumofMenace

#TheNancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace is the gripping, glorious and glittering with suspense novel from award-winning author, R.W.R McDonald. Out 6/11 Pre-order for 25% off via Waterstones using code SUMMER 25 💎 https://bit.ly/44LLNyp ##BookTwitter #Mystery #PreOrder #New

Have you heard my interview with the lovely @georginamoore1.bsky.social about her new book #RiverOfStars? You can listen here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

Another day, another inexperienced but hopeful writer, announcing that they have “been offered a book deal” for £20,000. Turns out that the author is being expected to PAY THIS to the publisher, not the other way round. Folks, no publisher does this.

MAGICIAN: Is this your card? ME: No MAGICIAN: Is this your card? ME: No MAGICIAN: This one? ME: No. When is our regular postman back from holiday?

Well, @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #TheakstonCrime was fun. I'll post up more about the books and stuff later. The name badge was a big success!

weeknotes: Harrogate, baby! espressococo.com/2025/07/18/w...

Train to Leeds is full of drunk, loud football fans. So much shouting over each other.

Heading home from @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #TheakstonsCrime. Two days of chatting with fabulous authors, lovely readers, fellow bloggers and other folk have left me tired, with a croaky voice but happy. Too many people to tag. You know who you are. See you next year

After an earlier delay, train 2 is on time! @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #TheakstonsCrime I’m on my way

💙📚 COMING JAN 2026: THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH! The owner of a pro-wrestling gym died, and his ghost is convinced he was moidered. Can Weirdo medium Claire and her dead best friend solve it? What is kayfabe? Do personal issues really draw money? Pre-order to find out: www.waterstones.com/book/the-gra...

Made myself a name badge for @HarrogateFest #TheakstonsCrime this weekend. Gotta rep the blog! If you see me, say hello!

Honoured to be on the #blogtour for Home Before Dark by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, tr by Victoria Cribb - out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog.... This chilly, dark book is a great way to escape the heatwave! #crime #Iceland Thanks @annerandomthings.bsky.social

Made myself a name badge for @HarrogateFest #TheakstonsCrime this weekend. Gotta rep the blog! If you see me, say hello!

I’m just going to say “MURDER…”

So hear me out

very much looking forward to @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #TheakstonsCrime (or is it #TheakstonCrime?) this weekend. Are you going? Say hi if you see me! espressococo.com/2024/07/22/t...

I finally got to an ARC, only to find I was way late and the book is already published. That notwithstanding, The Rush by @bethlewis.bsky.social is a brilliant read. Set in the Klondike gold rush, the lives of three women collide & intertwine. Fantastic writing. Thanks, @viperbooks.bsky.social

British household rules: you have a cupboard with upward of thirty mugs in it, only three of those can hold exactly the right amount of tea. When those are not available you will drink from the Lesser Mugs, but it will not be as good.

weeknotes: he shoots, he scores! espressococo.com/2025/07/11/w...

weeknotes: he shoots, he scores! espressococo.com/2025/07/11/w...