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• Two Brief Reviews

  

  I was very curious to read Lisa See, having seen her previous books travel around the blog world to mixed, but mostly positive reviews. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mr Litlove and the Animals

  A little while back, Mr Litlove and I were in the study chatting, when a look came over his face that I recognised very well. In translation it reads: Oh. My.... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Issue 3 Is Out!

  

  And finally, our brand new issue of Shiny New Books goes live today! I think we’ve probably done the most work for this one of any of our issues so far,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Death of an Avid Reader

  

  As we near the publication date of our next full edition of Shiny New Books, you might reasonably fear that the title of this post referred to me. But no! Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Fantasy Book Group

  

  Eric over at Lonesome Reader started it, and then my friend and co-editor, Annabel, carried it on (and included George Clooney) and I found I just couldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Of False Correlations

  I’ve been trying to think what’s been happening around here lately to tell you all, and can only come up with events that involve unusual modal tenses. There ar... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Destroyer

  

  Back in the mists of time, well, July, I was offered a book as part of a blog tour. It was billed as similar in style to Jack Reacher and I thought, hmm,... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Why Childish Pleasures Are Best Left Alone

  

  Going to lectures by childrens’ authors is not something I normally do, but I have a good friend with an eagle eye for these events, who is writing children’s... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Funeral and Two Near-Misses

  Early one morning a few days back, Mr Litlove came into our room in a state of some concern. ‘Harvey hasn’t come in for his breakfast,’ he said. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stay Up With Me

  

  I remember when short stories fell out of fashion. For a while there, from the mid-90s onwards, only the most established authors could risk a collection. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• And Now Something Completely Different

  

  I am a lucky woman to have such good friends, real and virtual. One of the consequences of my last post was that I caught up with the man I like to call my... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How Far Do You Go?

  ‘Tell him to man up,’ said the taxi driver as we sat in the usual London traffic jam. ‘That’s what he needs to do: man up. Take me for instance. I’ve just... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More on Women’s Fiction

  

  Last year I was sent a novel by an author called Leah Fleming and I didn’t really get on with it. So when I was offered her new novel, The Postcard, this year, ... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Various Fires

  

  A couple of things today. First, the latest inbetweenie update of Shiny New Books is available at the site – a further 22 reviews and features. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Passing Through

  

  I am still somewhat brainless with chronic fatigue and turgid in spirit (isn’t turgid a good word?), though I don’t know what Mr Litlove’s excuse is. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Geography Lesson

  

  No matter how hard I try – and these past six months I have been attempting regular exercise, for crying out loud – I am doomed to hoard stress the way squirrel... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Life, But Not As We Know It

  

  The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker is not my usual kind of book. I’m not at all into disaster movies or science fiction, though this book, despite... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Not Your Average Holiday Romance

  

  Helen Walsh’s The Lemon Grove is definitely going to be a Marmite book. How you feel about it will probably depend on your tolerance for Forbidden Passion;... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Monday Miscellany

  1. Finally something properly good has happened for my son. He has a job in a well-known pub in London’s West End. This was entirely his own doing – he put... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Riptides, Or What Makes A Good Short Story?

  

  When, several weeks after I had expected this book to arrive, it was still missing, I emailed a friend who knew the publisher and could track it down. The... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE