My new blog post on Russell Hoban’s wonderfully unusual novel, TURTLE DIARY, about two lonely protagonists who partner up to rescue a trio of sea turtles from the zoo. Loved it and it's sure to feature in my year-end highlights. readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/t...

Possibly better than My Antonia even. hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...

Today is International Translation Day. Create connections through literature instead of division through ignorance!

Winding Up the Week #440 bookjotter.com/2025/09/27/w...

Book haul from Iceland. Mostly Icelandic literature barring the Ditlevsen. #bookhaul

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's LetsDiscuss2025 #9 – What's in MY Name? My fellow #bookblogger, Sorcha Ogle @ Writing About Books nordie.wordpress.com/ came up with this topic, and I decided to do this post! Stop by to find out more! #bookish #bookstagram #bookbloging #bookbloggers

Always the best books and reading post of the week! Winding Up the Week #439 bookjotter.com/2025/09/20/w...

New on the blog today, I've written about THE SPRING BEGINS by Katherine Dunning. I adored this evocative, beautifully written portrayal of the lives of three very different young women in the 1930s. A new favourite for #SpinsterSeptember! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/t...

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for September 6, 2025. From "Ghost Cities" by Siang Lu, to "The Hebrew Teacher" by Maya Arad, on my #bookblog now. Thanks again KateW @ Books are My Favourite and Best, for my all-time, #1 favorite monthly #bookmeme

Plans tomorrow, so posting very early. #sixdegreesofseparation Six Degrees of Separation hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/s... @Wordpress keeps ignoring the featured image I set!

#20booksofsummer25 hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/2...

Ten recommendations from me for #SpinsterSeptember with a particular focus on books I've read and loved in the last couple of years. readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/s...

#20booksofsummer2025 #20booksofsummer #20booksofsummer25 hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/w...

I got thrown in Twitter jail....

A very modern "classic" hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/r...

New on my blog: Five Novels About Old Women I’ve Read alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/08/five... #BookSky

What a great idea for a readers--and done by an indie press, too! Thanks, Annabel and @galleybeggars.bsky.social Bluesky annabookbel.net/critical-rea...

A #ccspin41 dnf due to, wait for it....a rare lack of knowledge of....history, albeit Roman history hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/c...

New billet about an excellent book. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver : portrait of a woman and a plea for environment and science. bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/08/24/f...

Something for the weekend - Ruth by Kate Riley: A world apart alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/08/ruth...

Winding Up the Week #436 bookjotter.com/2025/08/23/w...

Winding Up the Week #436 bookjotter.com/2025/08/23/w...

Book 18 of my #20BooksofSummer2025 and that's the big one out of the way - Nicholas Crane - "The Making of the British Landscape" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/b... #booksky 📚💙💡

Book Review - The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser #20BooksofSummer2025 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/08/21/b... via @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social

A man who worked for the U.S. military in Afghanistan and his family could be eligible for asylum in Canada — but ICE won’t release them.

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New on my blog - Paperbacks to Look Out For in September 2025 alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/08/pape... #BookSky

##witmonth hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/r...

I loved Tove Jansson's THE SUMMER BOOK, a lovely, beguiling novel that in twenty-two crystalline vignettes distills the essence of summer and captures the unshakeable bond between a six-year-old girl and her grandmother. #BOTD readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2021/01/31/t... #ToveJansson #WITMonth

Books to Look Out For in September 2025: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/08/book...