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• 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

• To Kill A Mockingbird

  

  It’s funny how many well-known classics – Frankenstein springs to mind – turn out to be quite different to my expectations. I thought To Kill A Mockingbird was... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pleasantville

  

  Contemporary politics might not be particularly edifying to live through, but that constant whiff of corruption and bad faith that seems to hang around the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Rest Of What We Did On Holiday

  

  So, I had a week to amuse myself while Mr Litlove made his chair. This year we both became members of the National Trust and I was keen to get some use out of m... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Making Choices

  On Friday I completed what I think will be my last survey for an online market research forum into contemporary books. When I first received the email inviting... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What We Did On Holiday

  

  Well, we are back, and totting up the credit and debit sheet, Mr Litlove had 100% nice time, and I had an 85% nice time. There’s always something, it seems, tha... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• We Prepare For A Holiday

  Yes, the blue moon must have been glimpsed in the sky because Mr Litlove and I are going on holiday again. He is doing another chair making course, this time... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lying

  

  You may well be familiar with the paradox of the Cretan liar, the Cretan who says: ‘All Cretans are liars,’ thus presenting a difficult act of deduction. Do we... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Boarding School Murder, Then and Now

  

  What an interesting comparison it made, reading Tana French’s 2014 novel of murder in a girls’ private school, The Secret Place, and then not long afterwards,... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Inconvenient Past

  

  I have been such a bad blogger lately and I do apologise. I just have too much on at the moment, and when something has to give, it has to be the least... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Almost-Made-Its

  

  I’ve read a lot of books over the past couple of months, not all of which proved quite right for Shiny. The following are two very gentle, very undemanding... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Double Anniversary

  

  Yes, it’s our first year anniversary at Shiny New Books and we’re celebrating with our 5th edition. Please do go over and check out our reviews, features,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE