Celebrating one of my favourite novels for #dallowayday kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/c...

The Correspondent won the Women’s Prize for fiction? Why? why? The narrator runs over a cat and makes fun of the screaming dying animal. I’m profoundly disgusted.

That’s one way of lying on a book shelf

Sad news. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

Such an amazing family history. Two brothers, one black, the other passing as white and what this means for the families. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

This is just so . . . Bizarre? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

Nothing says spring like tadpoles.

From my walk today.

Just finished reading Diana Wynne Jones' 'Fire and Hemlock'. Very interesting and complex story. My review is here. #DianaWynneJones #ChildrensLiterature #Fantasy vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/b...

Happy Birthday Monsieur Didi and Miss Lune. Already three years old today.

Sleepy Miss Lune.

From an extraordinary debut inspired by a real-life breakdown to a creepy masterpiece, @drjamesbailey.bsky.social provides a guide to the “uncanny, astute and witty” fiction of Muriel Spark 💙📚 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Happy Caturday from Monsieur Didi.

My review of the #InternationalBookerPrize2026 shortlisted The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump (which was only published after the shortlist was announced): 1streading.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/t...

Pretty Miss Lune.

Snuggle time with Miss Lune.

New on the blog today, I've written about LUCY CARMICHAEL by Margaret Kennedy, in which a bright, principled young woman must find a new purpose in life after being jilted at the altar. A little uneven at times, but Lucy's tenacity & spirit win through! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/l...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

New on my blog - The Renovation by Kenan Orhan: Exile and memory alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/04/the-... #BookSky

Today on the blog: Two novellas by Clare O’Dea for #ReadingIrelandMonth2026 hosted by @cathybrown746.bsky.social madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/03/24/r...

Big stretch.

Miss Lune is resting gracefully.

The yoga supervisor hard asleep on his job.

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

5 ways YOU can help horses 🐴 1. NEVER attend horse races ❌️ 2. NEVER ride horse-drawn carriages ❌️ 3. NEVER support rodeos ❌️ 4. NEVER buy horse flesh or leather ❌️ 5. SPREAD THE WORD ✅️ #CheltenhamFestival

And good evening from Monsieur Didi. He’s almost three but still growing. Not what expected when I adopted the runt of the litter.

Good evening from Miss Lune.

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Lovely article by my publisher… @renardpress.com “a big part of what makes us different, in my eyes, is that we’re looking for different, and this means looking beyond the mass of published voices” creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...

Good morning. 😸

My best reads of 2025 roundup list for them as wants it: pechorinsjournal.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/b...

Could not resist diving into this excellent nature writing memoir by #ChloeDalton. Close encounters with leveret, obsessive research into hares, to help not harm them and a change in perspective on local fields and wildlife policy. A beautiful living tale. clairemcalpine.com/2025/12/17/r...

“His mind could evoke nothing but images of separation, which cut him off from ordinary, normal people, the fortunate ones, the well-beloved. Most of all, he knew, he was cut off from Derek. Derek would not understand at all." #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/t...

With the start of Thomas Mann week tomorrow for this year's #GermanLitMonth, I was reminded of a four-part discussion I had with @LizzySiddal in 2017 about his novel 'Buddenbrooks' - we had a lot to say! lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/b...

More than a shaggy-dog story? I kick off #GermanLitMonth's Thomas Mann Week with a look at 'Herr und Hund' ('A Mann and His Dog'), in which the writer shows a softer side of his character (for the most part...): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/h...