I think – I’m not sure, but I think – that I may have actually read a book at around the same time as everyone else, rather than about ten years later. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that, but with a title like My Sister, the Serial Killer, and a completely wonderful…
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Genevieve Cogman & the Ultimate Love Note to Libraries
I have a weird personality quirk. Well, actually I have many, but this one is book-related. The more I’m told I’ll love a book, the longer it seems to take me to get to it. It’s not even a conscious thing – I don’t deliberately resist reading them, it just doesn’t seem to happen, and…
A Book Talk with Lynda Dietz of Easy Reader Editing
Hello lovely people – it’s time for something completely different this week! If you follow me on social media, you probably already know that my third Beaufort Scales cozy mystery with dragons is coming out at the end of this month. *tries not to hyperventilate* This is of course fantastically exciting, at least for me,…
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, & the Power of Words
I’ve been a fan of Fredrik Backman ever since reading My Grandmother Sends Her Regards & Apologises (which I believe is titled slightly differently across the pond), which appears to have been before I started doing book chats. Which is probably good, because I think I’d have just got a bit squeaky and gushy about…
A Writing Space & the Books I Need In It
Regular readers (or watchers – no, viewers. Watchers is creepy) may recall that last year I wrote about the fact that I bought a desk. A real desk that didn’t fall to bits under the assault of my typing; was big enough to hold a laptop, tea, cookies, and a notebook; and, most importantly, on…