When three prolific and bestselling authors get together to write a novel, you can imagine potential fallings out as easily as you can them getting on and enjoying the process. Williams, Willig and White, “Team W” as they’re known, have already written four novels together, and this, their fifth is a locked room murder mystery, Read More
Month: November 2025
Three more novellas for #NovNov25: Hession,Wood and Keun
Three more reviews of very different novellas for you. Rónán Hession’s follow-up to the lovely Leonard and Hungry Paul, the buddy read for #NovNov25 and a German classic from the 1930s which also ticks off German Lit Reading Month. Panenka by Rónán Hession Leonard & Hungry Paul was a huge word of mouth hit, recently Read More
Kathy Burke – A Mind of My Own
My reading during Nonfiction November has been purely memoirs this year, and the three I’ve read so far have all been superb! Hopefully I may fit one more in this month. Meanwhile here is my review of the first one: This woman is indeed a national treasure! She has forged a successful acting, directing and Read More
Little Bookshop of Murders by Nicki Thornton and Book Group Report on Campion #14, Margery Allingham
I will begin with full disclosure. I’ve known Nicki for many years now – she and her husband Mark opened Mostly Books in Abingdon back in the mid noughties, and I strived to be their best customer! Some years later the couple sold the bookshop on to its new owner Sarah, where it continues to Read More
Butlin, Sajko & El-Mohtar for #NovNov25
My first three reviews for Novellas in November, hosted by Rebecca and Cathy – one not what I expected, one intense and stream of consciousness and one rather lovely. The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin Championed by Kim and Lizzy, this 1987 novella is billed on the cover by Irvine Welsh as “A Read More
Choosing Nonfiction – Nonfiction November 2025week 2
Week two is hosted by Frances at Volatile Rune. The subject is how you choose the NF books you read. I could almost just copy and paste my post from last year as I don’t think much has changed in the way I do this. My favourite genres remain the same: However, is it me, Read More
An A-Z of Novellas for #NovNov25
I have shamelessly stolen this idea from the lovely Simon at Stuck in a Book as a curtain-raiser to Novellas in November hosted by Rebecca and Cathy. So, here is my A-Z of novellas and short NF all under 200 pages worth reading from recent years – and no, I couldn’t find an X one Read More
Six Degrees of Separation: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
It’s time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, Six Degrees of Separation #6degrees picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. Links to my reviews are in the titles of the books chosen. The starter book this month is: We Read More
