New read: This was excellent - interesting premise of an alternative UK (and indeed wider) leading to tensions with plenty of echoes in the current state of the world. Funny, gritty and enjoyable. #newread #pagans #jamesalastairhenry #althistory

New read: New Alan Bennett is always a treat, although I often put off reading it until it's out in paperback and a bit easier to heft around. This time I didn't put it off, and am glad of the choice because his is a voice I will miss very much when it is gone. #newread #alanbennett #enoughsaid

New reads: A couple of fun reads to round April out - a play script which I wish I'd seen when it was on, as I love The Pin and the script alone is great fun; and a wonderful study of one of my ultimate comfort viewing films, A Hard Day's Night. #newreads #thecomeback #aharddaysnight

Some of us have muted the names of certain individuals bc we are exhausted of hearing them twist reality for their own gain and turn people against each other. Post about them all you want, but if you're going to add screenshots at least put the names in the post or alt text so we can avoid them.

New reads: A bad week (migraine with added vertigo all followed by a heavy cold) made a bit brighter by digging out the BFI TV Classics book on one of my favourite series (once I could read again!), watching a new Beatles film and starting on Beatley read I hear is rather good. #newread

New read: making a start in earnest on a lent book with some tea, as well as some poetry ive been joyfully dipping in and out of for a few days now. #newread #thewayofjulianofnorwich #Gordonvellls #poetry

New read: A couple of library reads - first a dive into fantasy (as recommended by lovely Penny) with an intriguing and hopeful novel, and then an enjoyable later Pratchett that I haven't read before. #newread #libraryreads #TheGoblinEmperor #KatherineAddison #Snuff #TerryPratchett #fantasy

New read: Amongst all the torrential rain, I'm returning to the comfort zone on the Dwarf. #newread #reddwarf #infinitywelcomescarefuldrivers #grantnaylor

New read: I went to the library for something, spotted this on a shelf and sat to have a quick read. A short while later and I found myself at the end of the first chapter, having smiled throughout. So here I am. #newread #onceuponatineinthewestcountry #tonyhawks

New read: I am always a little wary of more modern Holmes stories, but found this one intriguing enough to try. #newread #sherlockholmes #thedevilspromise #davidstuartdavies

New read: Campion is pretty dependably enjoyable, so glad to find this in the local library. #newread #TheMysteryMile #MargeryAllingham #crimefiction

The Beiderbecke Affair - We Call it the White Economy (20th January 1985). Today's episode mainly concerns smashed greenhouses, supergrasses and Helen of Tadcaster.

New reads: Escaping the horrendous outside world with a trip back in time to revisit the sweet and silly wisdom of the Moomins. Will be re-reading more of these in the next few months, I think. #newreads #FinnFamilyMoomintroll #TheExploitsofMoominpappa #ToveJansson

New read: Catching up with the Coopers Chase gang again - each revisit is a lovely reminder of how good these books are. #newreads #themanwhodiedtwice #richardosman #rereads

You honestly don't have to show me what Twitter's saying. That's why I'm here and not there.

New reads: Kicking off a new year of reading with a gentle wander through the Hundred Acre Wood with these nice second-hand copies I got years ago to preserve the ones I remember reading as a child! #newreads #WinniethePooh #TheHouseatPoohCorner #AAMilne

New reads: Seeing in the new year with some older friends - just the first couple of chapters last night felt like a settling into a favourite armchair. Happy new year, everyone. #newreads #newyearread #thethursdaymurderclub #richardosman

New read: well, an old favourite, really - and a perfect post Christmas caper, especially if you want to feel a bit better about your own alcohol consumption... #newread #dashiellhammett #thethinman

New reads: My reading over Christmas week, with a definite theme... first, the stage adaptation of a favourite, then an entertaining book about Christmas telly and then a deep dive into John Masefield and the Box of Delights.

New read: a slightly more trusted source for a festive read - hopefully Mrs Bradley will be just the tonic! #newread #deathcomesatchristmas #gladysmitchell #mrsbradleymysteries #festivereads

For years I've been listening to a ragged, 10th-hand recording of The Killing Season by R.D.Wingfield every Dec. I've tidied up my copy, never imagining it would be repeated from deep in the archives. But what a great surprise amongst the listings in the festive Radio Times!

New read: another festive adventure that I hadn't read before and had high hopes for because the premise is great, but... sigh. Maybe it's because I wasn't familiar with their other books or their style, but I was not a fan. Mercifully, it was both cheery and quite short. #newread #festiveread

New read: A festive tale I'd never heard of, by a writer I've never read anything by... but rather enjoyed. Enjoyably just as romantic towards the train itself as the storyline between the main characters. #newread #festiveread #thechristmastrain #davidbaldacci

New read: starting the festive reading with something short but warm and the friendly side of grim... #newread #festivereads #ahighlandchristmas #mcbeaton #hamishmacbeth

New reads: two Target novelisations found in a charity shop - one of those rare times when I've found some I didnt already have in the wild! #newread #doctorwho #targetnovelisations #destinyofthedaleks #fourtodoomsday #terrancedicks

New read: before I move on to other things for a while, a few more - lighter - ghostly tales, this time from a writer I remember well from childhood and used to seek out in the school library (when I wasn't looking for Tintin or cricket books!) #newread #whosafraidandotherstories #philippapearce

New read: An excellent new anthology of ghost stories from the British Library's Tales of the Weird series. Plenty were new to me, with some old familiars thrown in too - fun! #newread #thehauntedlibrary #britishlibrary #talesoftheweird #spookyreads #tanyakirk

New read: a Susan Hill ghost story I knew nothing about until I stumbled across it in the local library, but it sounds both comforting and unsettling at once. #newread #thesmallhand #susanhill #ghoststory

What perfect album came out the year you were 16?

New read: the next stop on my slow chronological readthrough of one of my favourite writers - this is one I never came across as a kid. A little less on the ghostly side, but a gentle joy, nonetheless. #newread #penelopelively #thehouseinnorhamgardens

New read: I remember watching two Robert Westall TV adaptations as a child - The Machine Gunners and The Watch House, moments from both have stuck with me ever since. And this was a novel I saw more than once in the visiting book stalls at school and shops and wanted to read.

New read: catching up a little with some spookier reads as the weather has made a turn for the colder... This one I picked up at a second-hand stall at Petts Wood May Day Fair when I was about 9, so has travelled quite a distance with me! I've read it several times, but fun to return to.

New read: a book I've had on my list for several years, and was a birthday gift from my brother this year - thanks Paul! Really enjoyable black comedy thriller which I whipped through in a couple of days. #newread #themanwhodied #anttituomainen #thriller

New read: there was one last dramatic read before heading back home yesterday - a classic. #newread #samuelbeckett #waitingforgodot #halftermreads

New read: ended Halloween with Hamlet, as it starts with a pretty strong ghost game. I've chosen to read along with a great BBC Radio version too. #newread #williamshakespeare #hamlet #bbcradio

New read: forgot entirely to bring any ghost stories on our half term break, so popped into a local indie book shop yesterday to see what I could find. This was appropriately the closest I got, given that we're in Cornwall. #newread #thebirdsandotherstories #daphnedumaurier #spookyreads #cornwall

New read: a really good half term adventure. I would have raced through it but for a few days when sleep was rather elusive, but I couldnt resist a story combining time travel and ancient Egypt. #newread #huntforthegoldenscarab #timekeys #mgleonard

This - in spades.

New reads: starting some spookier reads for Halloween on a trip up to London with a lost classic and an enjoyable retelling of Beowulf. Both enjoyable in rather different ways. #newread #theloststradivarius #jmeadefalkner #beowulfdragonslayer #rosemarysutcliff #spookyreads

New read: having enjoyed the last book a little less than hoped because it cut a bit too close to the bone at the moment (racism in small towns/villages), I went for this interesting little one as a bit of a firebreak. #newread #doctorwho #wearefallingthroughspace #jdavidreed

I had put a cheery little Lego set aside for a day that I found difficult. That day arrived recently - and now I have a couple of little desk buddies to keep me company. Feels like a win... #selfcare #lego

New read: facing some chillier weather with some cosy crime to start off with... #newread #simonbrett #thefetheringmysteries #thekillingatthecafe #guiltatthegarage

Finally got round to watching Rye Lane. I know, I'm a couple of years behind, but it's fantastic: funny, moving, charming and sharp, authentic in all the right ways and satisfying as they come. It's under 90 minutes but it feels effortless and like it has all the time in the world. #ryelane

New read: Another battered old Holmes Puffin Classics collection, but lovely to revisit some favourites through it. #newread #theextraordinarycasesofsherlockholmes #sirarthurconandoyle #puffinclassics

If you're going to post screenshots of things about particular politicians, fine: you do you. But please at least have the decency to add alt text so those of us who have muted their names can be spared seeing it...

New read: I have other full collections of the Holmes canon, but the old Puffin editions are still a really nice and satisfying way of revisiting some of the best known stories. #newread #sherlockholmes #sirarthurconandoyle #thegreatadventuresofsherlockholmes #puffinbooks

Absolutely endorse this suggestion - when I was studying it at uni I got hold of her reading to complement the paper version & it was superb.

New read: I've put off reading this for too long, I think, especially given how much I enjoyed Storyland (and there's a third, even more interesting one still to read!) #newread #wild #amyjeffs #earlymedievalbritain

New read: Always a good day when there's a new Thursday Murder Club to read. My only complaint is that it only took 2 days to read... Just the thing to get through a cold with! #newread #theimpossiblefortune #richardosman #thursdaymurderclub #crimefiction

New reads: with the recent news of Chrostopher H. Bidmead's passing, I revisited his most significant contributions to Who, which i am very fond of. Then, given the state of the world, stuck around for a little longer with Uncle Terrance. #newread #doctorwho