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Latest — May 8, 2026

'26 March - theme: Get Graphic - read a graphic novel

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman “I dunno…maybe everyone has to feel guilty. Everyone! Forever!” Oh, a graphic novel sounds fun, thought I at the beginning of the month as I headed to my local bookstore to purchase one. I'll ask the staff

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'26 February - theme: Black History Month

The Science of Racism by Keon West "I personally would much rather live in a world in which every White man wanted to lynch me, but none of them had the power to do it, than a world in which no White men wanted to lynch me, but every

Audiobook - A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) - V.E.Schwab

What a fantastic culmination of this trilogy. I was on the edge of my seat as the the Antari from the 3 different worlds worked together to defeat the darkness. Just wow. I think book 2 was the best in terms of writing but the battle against evil in this

Reading with Ella - Book 18

Amelia Bedelia Wraps it Up (Amelia Bedelia Special Holiday Book No1) by Herman Parish Christmas arrived here in September for reasons known best to a four year old. This is definately one of the better Amelia Bedelia books out there, Amelia is her usual kind hearted but completely literal self.

Audiobook - A Gathering Of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) - V.E.Schwab

Usually book 2 in a trilogy is the weakest, but not it this case, as this was the best of the lot. At the beginning I was a bit confused as Lila was suddenly on a boat. In fact I wasn't even sure the first chapter was about

Additional Review alpha - Is this really the best one?

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie It's Agatha Christie - I enjoyed it. However, I would not say it was the best Agatha Christie I have ever read. The premise of this story is a group of individuals lured to a remote island where their crimes

Reading with Ella - Book 17

Storm the Lightning Fairy (Weather Fairies #6)- by Daisy Meadows Here's some interesting info: Daisy Meadows is not a person! My mental image of a bubbly blonde woman in her 20's or 30's writing sweet little stories for children is false! There are

Audiobook - The Guest List - Lucy Foley

What a fantastic audiobook! I read so many thrillers that are in fact - not thrilling. I am happy to announce this was not in that category. I was hooked from the very beginning. The story started at the end and slowly revealed the incident of the night before piece

'26 January - theme: finish an abandoned book

Brick Lane by Monica Ali Another year, another abandoned book. Finally an update from last year: last month I visited Wilby and did indeed go and visit the "pig-ones" as promised last January when I read MaddAdam. I started this book when I was working in Bethnal Green

'25 December - theme: courtesy of Mum: Tartan noir

Absolution(Anderson & Costello #1) by Caro Ramsay Tartan noir - a popular genre of dark, gritty Scottish crime fiction. This particular example was set in Glasgow with sections taking part on the Ayr coastal road. These were the sections I related to. It helped that I was reading this