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• Competition Winner

  

  In the draw for Julie Wassmer’s Murder on Sea, the winner is Karen from My Reading Corner! Well done, Karen! If you’d like to drop me an email (address in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Magnificent Seven

  

  Yes, issue no. 7 of Shiny New Books is now live! I’ve got a huge BookBuzz section somehow – not entirely sure how! – so do go and check out our latest pick for... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More Cosy Crime

  

  It just so happens that I’ve had two blog tours come along, one after the other. Today’s is for the latest (seventh) Kate Shackleton crime novel by Frances... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Was Exciting Six Weeks Ago

  Way back in the mists of time, which is to say the very end of July, Mr Litlove rang me early one morning to say he’d just learned his job was coming to an end. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vertigo

  

  Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film, which topped the British Film Institute’s poll in 2012 for best film of all time, is deservedly famous. But how many people have... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Internet Shaming: Why The End Doesn’t Justify The (Being) Mean

  

  Jon Ronson’s latest book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed begins his enquiry with a completely engrossing account of the onslaught of public shamings that have... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Two Go To Greece

  

  Much earlier in the summer, Mr Litlove and our son decided they would like to have a boys’ bonding holiday together. They toyed with the idea of doing a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Experience Is Not Your Experience

  I walk into the supermarket. I know exactly where I’m going. I head to the shelves of books for sale and start flicking through them, trying to ignore the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Today Is Extra Shiny!

  

  I’m particularly excited by today’s Extra Shiny because my section, BookBuzz, is full of all sorts of new and thrilling things. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back To Life

  

  ‘Of all my memories, of all my life’s innumerable sensations, the most onerous was that of the single murder I had committed.’ So begins Gaito Gazdanov’s... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Three Unique Voices

  

  Sometimes it’s good to read a book that does things a little differently and shakes up the reading experience. Scottish writer, Janice Galloway, is an author... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Frenchman’s Creek

  

  Ever since the success – and general pervasiveness – of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, I’ve found it hard to imagine a pirate without the vision of a... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mr Litlove And The X(chromosome)-Files

  

  Mr Litlove had his minor eye operation last week, and it all went off just fine. For the week or so before it took place, whenever he wanted sympathy, he’d put... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Three Types of Awe

  

  A couple of weeks ago audible suckered me in with a big sale, and I found myself purchasing The Wind in the Willows for a bargain price. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Shiny Summer!

  

  Shiny New Books Edition 6 is now live, hurray! It’s a packed programme over there, as always, with loads of reviews of fiction, non-fiction and reprinted... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In the Middle of a Heatwave

  I’m not sure I can describe what I’m in as a blogging slump when I’ve just finished my 13th review for Shiny and have three more to write over the course of... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All Together Now

  

  I do wonder what it must be like to be Gill Hornby. Not only does she have a famous brother to live up to, but she has now decided to write books in more or les... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Global Phenomenon With The Long Title

  

  Do you ever feel that the nectar of hype about a book comes in a poisoned chalice? Back in October 2012, a novel written by a 28-year-old Swiss man that had bee... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Crime Wave

  

  A couple of crime fiction novels that I was sent for review. The Death Season – Kate Ellis Although I hadn’t heard of her before, Kate Ellis is a seasoned write... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sisterhood of the World Q & A

  

  The immensely talented and lovely Elle tagged me for this meme, which I was very happy to answer, given that I love the sisterhood. We need to stick together, m... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE