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Saturday, August 23, 2025 Follow me: Carry fan in right hand in front of face. Welcome, all. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. I didn’t have much to report, but I still wante…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, August 23, 2025 Follow me: Carry fan in right hand in front of face. Welcome, all. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. I didn’t have much to report, but I still wante…| Teagan's Books
While not a perfect read, Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir has several good reflections of what is happening to the author and has strong relatability. You might not have had cancer (or a serious illness) but you can relate to her struggles and journey. I found myself realizing I have thought/felt some of the things she talks about with my own health issues, as much of what she says and does is universal. It really isn’t about cancer, that is just the starting point […]| Cannonball Read 17
Rushdie, Salman "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" - 2024This was my third book by Salman Rushdie. I have enjoyed them all but this one was probably the most personal and therefore very special and highly impressive.| Let's read
Sullivan, Margaret C. "The Jane Austen Handbook. A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World" - 2007Part of my #Reading Austen project is to read a book by the author in the uneven months and a book about the author and/or her books in the even ones. This month, it was a book about her time with a lot of background information to why some characters acted the way they did. There were a lot of lovely illustrations and even more funny allusions to the novels.| Let's read
Unit 29: Writing from Parchman PrisonVOX Books. Interview by P.B. Jernigan I don’t remember the first time I heard about Parchman Prison. It has always existed in my memory, the heavy history looming over the entirety of Mississippi. Parchman has long influenced the creative culture of Mississippi, serving as a motif in iconic works of […]| PRISM international
A funny, irreverent look at canonisation| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
Christopher Dell’s Monsters was a bit of a random choice from the library while I happened to be in that area of the library for something else. It’s a pretty fun […]| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
Beneath Our Feet is by Michael Lewis and Ian Richardson, but it covers the finds of many ordinary people — not archaeologists, but metal detectorists, fieldwalkers, mudlarks, and people who […]| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
Noah Whiteman’s Most Delicious Poison: From Spices to Vices – the Story of Nature’s Toxins is primarily focused on the issue of addiction, and includes discussion of his father’s alcoholism and […]| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
I researched a lot before I began writing about psychic dreams and found out that I already knew more than most. Many don’t believe that dreams tell us the future, but I was just a 12-year-old when…| roughwighting
Saturday, August 16, 2025 Hello, all. I hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Or if it isn’t that low-key, maybe you need a distraction. In that case, how about a little floriography trivia. It’s August, so let’s head down a rabbit hole from there. Flower of the Month: Gladiolus You’re familiar with birthstones, right? For … More Flower of the Month: August Floriography| Teagan's Books
“Maybe nectarines are just peaches in drag. Smooth. Magnificent.” This book has stuck with me far more than I’d expected and was an enjoyable reading experience. Some parts resonated more than others of course. I was looking to learn more about sensory issues and there was plenty about that, though not all of the stories/essays focus on that. This is a very readable memoir of an American childhood, taking the senses as inspiration for many of the stories. It would be a useful introducti...| Market Garden Reader
Several of my friends were enthusiastic about this book, as was a Guardian review. Then I saw Raynor Winn interviewed by Kate Humble as she walked a section of the South West Coast Path. The scenery is stunning, though the section with Ray was simply walking through some trees. She spoke of healing through walking and as a walker, I knew this was a book I really wanted to read. I was delighted to find it in a secondhand shop in Nijmegen. I wasn’t disappointed.| Market Garden Reader
The government’s Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot scheme reaches three years in operation this month. The scheme was originally set to finish after this period, however an extension until February 2026 was recently granted by government.| The Stinging Fly
As an attempt to branch out with my writing, I've taken to working on various fiction and non-fiction pieces...| Send More Paramedics
Voldemar Veedam & Carl B. Wall, Cap sur la liberté: la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale marque la disparition de l’Estonie comme pays indépendant; elle passe sous le pouvoir de l’U…| Popup Monster
Pierce, Patricia "Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval monsters" - 2006Ever since I read "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier, I've been interested in the life of Mary Anning who lived from 1799 to 1847 and was the first person who discovered dinosaur bones.| Let's read
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Wayne Johnston’s memoir, Jennie’s Boy. This book was short-listed for Canada Reads 2025. Jennie’s Boy by: Wayne Johnston: This was the author’s memoir from a specific period in time, a catalyst and pivotal moment in life where things changed… Continue reading Review: Jennie’s Boy| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
I’ve always loved walking—it clears the mind and opens the heart. And when I walk with an audiobook, the world around me becomes part of the story. Footsteps, wind, voices, and ideas move together in rhythm, transforming reading into a kind of journey. These walks become my personal “OnTheRoad Book Club” where the books themselvesContinue reading "The Power of Nonfiction: Lessons from Salt by Mark Kurlansky"| Rebecca's Reading Room
Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the 16th and 17th centuries – with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and… Continue reading How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Ruth Goodman| Swords & Spectres
Caged Killer: The Psychopath Who Killed Behind Bars By Ryan Green SYNOPSIS – This is not a story of escape. It’s a story of control. Marvin Gray entered prison a killer — violent, cunning, and cold. But no one expected what he would become once caged. From solitary confinement, he wrote thousands of pages of…| BookZone
This has been a weird ass July, specifically in terms of temperature. While other states and countries have had record heatwaves, my little section of Northern California has been having the mildest fucking summer I’ve ever seen in my life. Like, we only just got up to the 80’s last week. The week before that, … Continue reading 8/5/2025: Querying Begins, The Amazing Race, and A Distinct Lack of a Heat Wave| My Geek Blasphemy
My thanks to author Mary Poffenroth for a review copy of this book and additional materials via BookTasters. Fear is a natural emotion that all of us experience in a variety of situations and for a variety of reasons, one that can serve as a warning or assist us in other ways, yet it is…| Literary Potpourri
The history of assassinations, as Simon Ball points out in his book Death to Order, is one of myth-making, bungled plans and unintended consequences.| New Statesman
Catrien RossTuttle Publishing, 2010 Several years back, I’d seen the classic Japanese horror film Ugetsu (1953) and had liked it a lot. There was a creepiness about it, a suggestion of horror very …| Home
Asobo ka ne~ "shall we play" Exhibition. All photos of Kimiko Nishimoto were shot by Selma.| Selma
A prayer, because I believe in prayers and believe we all need them today.| Selma
Last year I reviewed A Mirror of Dreams, Andrew Wild’s account of the early days of the 1980s neo-prog movement as seen through the careers of the bands he identifies as the “Big Six…| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
‘There are no aliens or portals here; there is, perhaps, a time/space slippage, but the reality of that is up to each reader to decide. A speculative audience will hum along to the book’s eerie tune.’ // Val Nolan looks thirteen ways at Christopher Priest’s AIRSIDE| IZ Digital
‘conservation is vital and without it our planet is doomed’ // Gary Couzens on JUPITER’S GHOST, a play written, directed and choreographed by Tani Gill| IZ Digital
‘[...] there are many clever and beautiful details. The visual representation of sound waves is perfect. In a clever throwaway gag, it is revealed that buskers are considered an urban myth. We learn that music is the fundamental building block of the universe (an idea reminiscent of the “Decreator” storyline in Grant Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol [...]’ // Alexander Glass on PETE TOWNSHEND’S LIFE HOUSE, an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced follow-up to The Who’s...| IZ Digital
‘the world of ALIEN [has] always been about workers suffering under extreme capitalism’ // Kat Clay on ALIENS: BISHOP, a novel by T.R. Napper| IZ Digital
‘Russell draws on both, and on copious other sources, ranging from Aickman’s fiction itself to conversations with people who knew him. He can thus compensate for Aickman’s idiosyncrasies, odd omissions, and even odder inclusions; but Aickman’s life is peppered throughout with little unexplained details that would not have been out of place in his own eerie fiction, hinting – but only hinting – at some dark and sinister force operating just beyond the edge of perception.’ // Alex...| IZ Digital
‘[...] a fantastic book that marries minimalist prose, simple but wonderfully rhythmic, with a compelling Bildungsromanand and an uncanny atmosphere to create a moving tale of grief and assimilation.’ // Zachary Gillan on WE’RE SAFE WHEN WE’RE ALONE, a novella by Nghiem Tran| IZ Digital
‘That the name has been appropriated for the end point of the Anthropocene suggests that our species was wiped out in fire. And the story that this novel is really about, the substrate of this fictional future hinted at rather than told, is what happened beyond the burn line.’ // Paul Kincaid on BEYOND THE BURN LINE, a novel by Paul McAuley| IZ Digital
‘[...] an often chewy, if still stimulating read.’ // Gary Couzens on CHILDREN OF THE NEW FLESH, a book about David Cronenberg edited by Chris Kelso & David Leo Rice| IZ Digital
Ariel Marken Jack talked to Tiffany Morris about a poet’s-eye view, creative torture, and sharing your suffering.| IZ Digital
‘[...] a searing indictment of capitalism and incisive questioning of development, in both urban and personal senses.’ // Zachary Gillan on THE DEVIL OF THE PROVINCES, a novel by Juan Cárdenas| IZ Digital
‘The speculative story is a story of concept. [...] It is often hard to pin down what makes a concept take off or linger in the mind, but the stories in KALEIDOTROPE Summer 2023 may give us a clearer idea.’ // Yee Heng Yeh on the Summer 2023 issue of KALEIDOTROPE| IZ Digital
‘Origin Complex is a space opera with a heart; a brilliant, ballistic science fiction epic of dystopian corporations and enduring friendships […]’ // Gemma Church on ORIGIN COMPLEX, a new novel by Andrew Skinner| IZ Digital
Kelly Jennings talked to Martha Wells about creating Murderbot, engendering empathy, and the after-effects of trauma…| IZ Digital
‘The epigraph to Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren quotes poet George Stanley in conversation: “You have confused the true and the real.” It could stand at the head of the SFF fictions that form one of the core strands of the genre, from Philip K. Dick’s novels to the Matrix series of films and beyond.’ // Paul McAuley on OTHER MINDS, a pair of novellas by Eliane Boey| IZ Digital
‘I have lost track of the number of books on how to write science fiction that are on my shelves. However many it is, it is a pitifully small percentage of the number of books of this type that are out there. Why is there a need for so many?’ // Paul Kincaid on WRITING THE FUTURE, a collection of essays edited by Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst| IZ Digital
‘It would probably be wrong to label this collection as horror, too simplistic, avoiding something of the weird beauty of the stories. But at the same time they are stories designed to discomfort, to unsettle our notions about who we are and what we might become.’ // Paul Kincaid on PROMISE, a short story collection by Christi Nogle| IZ Digital
‘Gibson has created a believable, sometimes terrifying story of society’s struggling relationship with technology, and a story that ends on a poignant, optimistic note.’ // Gemma Church on EUROPA DEEP, a new novel by Gary Gibson| IZ Digital
‘The long and short of it is this: this is a world of duality. Good and evil are the same save for the level of vibration.’ // Kasimma on new novels by Diane Marie Brown and Veronica G. Henry| IZ Digital
‘Lebbon, both honouring and twisting this theme, hints at a kind of Eden after we are gone – perhaps, at least partly, because we are gone.’ // Alexander Glass on THE LAST DAY AND THE FIRST, a novella by Tim Lebbon| IZ Digital
‘This issue strikes me not only as a collection of excellent stories but a lesson, for those who care to take it, in some of the finer points of curation – an art form in its own right.’ // Ariel Marken Jack on THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE #39| IZ Digital
‘accessible, erudite, sometimes amusingly understated’ // Alexander Glass on the HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF FANTASY LITERATURE, a new reference book edited by Allen Stroud| IZ Digital
An essay by Alexander Glass examining the many facets of Bryan Talbot’s ARKWRIGHT sequence| IZ Digital
Alexander Glass in conversation with Bryan Talbot| IZ Digital
‘Besides common themes such as community and grief, what underlies each work is also a preoccupation with language – both how it fails us and how we fail it. Like paradoxical little puzzles, they explore the limits of linguistic systems’ // Yee Heng Yeh on KHŌRÉŌ 3.1| IZ Digital
Ariel Marken Jack talked to E.G. Condé about the power of language, survival through art, and what it means to help found a new literary genre…| IZ Digital
‘[...] a city can be lifted from a novel, a Wikipedia entry, a child’s daydream. It can be a protest, a social media storm, an expanding darkness, a sentient land with its own tricks up its streets.’ // Yee Heng Yeh on EITA! #3, the latest issue of the English-language magazine of Brazilian SFF| IZ Digital
‘The author is the diviner of destiny, tasked with building an architecture of words, a sacred text for the reader. That or they’re a desiccated corpse. Or both.’ // Kat Clay on PEST, a novel by Michael Cisco| IZ Digital
‘The overwhelming pleasure to be found in FIFTY FORGOTTEN BOOKS lies not so much in anything Russell has to say about any of the titles he includes, as in the way his evocations of particular bookshops, their owners and clientele, as well as his descriptions of the habits and peculiar practices of book collectors in pursuit of long sought-after novels or collections, will resonate with a certain kind of reader.’ // Mike O’Driscoll on FIFTY FORGOTTEN BOOKS, a new book by R.B. Russell| IZ Digital
‘The fears of the post-nuclear era and the optimism of man in space are present in his earliest work [...] The astronaut becomes a symbol for the expansion of consciousness’ // Kat Clay on the COMPLETE POEMS of Michael Butterworth| IZ Digital
‘The blurb describes [CAGED OCEAN DUB] as “Nigerian Weird”, but to simply label these stories “Weird Fiction” feels like a taxonomic hatchet job. A sense of the uncanny runs through the warp and weft of the collection, but the fabric is woven together with elements of fantasy, of science fiction, of slipstream, and of the frankly unclassifiable [...]’ // Gautam Bhatia on CAGED OCEAN DUB, a new collection of stories by Dare Segun Falowo| IZ Digital
Alexander Glass in conversation with the legendary Michael Moorcock| IZ Digital
‘Speaking, [Michael Moorcock] is always engaging. His prose in this sequence captures his real voice: genial, erudite, aware of the world as it is and as it was; a born raconteur, but eternally curious and generous; his opinions deeply held but softly spoken.’ // Alexander Glass on THE WOODS OF ARCADY, a new novel by Michael Moorcock| IZ Digital
Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, and it is now being hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. You can see the Top 5 Tuesday topics for the whole of 2025 here. …| BooksPlease
Brooklyn’s Jane Doe: The Mishandling of a Sexual Assault Investigation by S.A. Mathers SYNOPSIS –“I have had the misfortune of being raped twice-once in the park and again in the media,” wrote “Jane Doe,” the victim of an infamous stranger rape in Brooklyn, New York. Two decades later, detective S. A. Mathers reopened Doe’s case…| BookZone
A huge Moon loomed| Har Deshur
Henry Thomas Austen (8th June 1771 – 12th March 1850) wrote two memoirs, or biographical notices, about his sister Jane. The first one was written in 1818 just after her death and was included…| This Reading Life
The practical test for my CAPES examination took place at a lycée in Lyon, in the Croix-Rousse area. A new lycée, with potted plants in the buildings for the teaching and administrative staff, and …| This Reading Life
Every year, I tell myself this is the year that I will read some of the non-fiction on my shelf. This year, it actually is – I walked the Highlands with Dougie Strang in the spring, and have …| onemore.org
I really enjoyed Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones’ The Cleopatras, which discusses and follows not just “the” Cleopatra, Cleopatra VII, but the whole female line of the Ptolemy dynasty, fill…| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
Face to Face: Finding Justice for My Murdered Twin Brother by Nick Dawson Sneak Peek ‘Face to Face is a brave endeavour to answer our culture of dehumanization with a story that ultimately rehumanizes at every level. Essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the power and impact of restorative justice.’ Marina Cantacuzino, author of Forgiveness: An... Read more »| Icon Books
Not everything that glitters is gold, which is why Ben Aitken gave London the cold shoulder and went to Preston instead. Hailing from Portsmouth, Ben knows from experience that unfashionable places can be quietly brilliant. So, over the course of a year, the bestselling author of A Chip Shop in Poznan and The Gran Tour... Read more »| Icon Books
I last took part in this back in 2019 (though I’ve done other similar tags, like the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag in 2020); I first saw it on Eric Karl Anderson’s YouTube channel. It̵…| Laura Tisdall
Robert Fleming wants to be understood. In the acknowledgements for his new collection White Noir, he credits his mother and his English teacher for identifying that he writes “English sentences like French sentences and helped [him] learn how to write English sentences like English sentences.” This collection of his assorted written and visual art defies simple binaries. White Noir’s playful and strange creations make it clear that his work does not exist in any one world.| FIVE SOUTH
I’d never met this doctor, so I was unprepared for his hurried and noisy entrance into the room where I had been waiting for him. It’s not called “the waiting room” for no reason. I’d been ushered …| roughwighting
Everyone knows that journalism is dying, and Megan Greenwell's new book Bad Company helps explain why. In 2019, Megan Greenwell was at the front line of| Book and Film Globe
Speaking Truth To Evil: The Myths and Facts Surrounding Today’s Serial Killers by Phil Chalmers SYNOPSIS – Do you think you know today’s serial killers? Have you ever wondered why they do the things they do? Phil Chalmers, the man who talks to serial killers, brings you the latest research on today’s American serial killers.…| BookZone
Another Wednesday, another meme!! WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam over at Taking On A World Of Words with a lovely little community of folks where we talk through the three Ws. What are we…| Lost In The Narrative
A book blog focusing on all kinds of literature, great book club selections, award books, and more.| headfullofbooks.blogspot.com
When in 1926 Robert Chapman published his edition of James Edward Austen-Leigh’s biography of his aunt Jane Austen the Times Literary Supplement chiefly welcomed its reissue not for the life …| This Reading Life
I meet my parents at a fish shop in an inner-city mall. By the time I get there, they are waiting in their windbreakers and matching hiking shoes. I greet their outdoor energy with a wave hello. &#…| This Reading Life
If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. Al…| Esther Chilton
Translated from German by Jamie Bulloch 40 years ago I was honeymooning in Italy. A camping road trip with a sightseeing tick list as long as my arm! Pompeii was, of course, if not top of the…| Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin RozakisI got a little distracted a few weeks ago and ended up reading something else when I had planned to start Grimoire Grammar S…| Powder & Page
McCourt, Malachy "A Monk Swimming" - 1998 The name McCourt is well known in reading circles, almost everyone knows Frank McCourt and his st...| momobookblog.blogspot.com
Format: PaperbackPublished: October 1st, 2011Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars I might be biased here, but I really do think Cardiff is a great city, though definitely …| Unwrapping Words
Welcome to the Monthly Spotlight for the 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge! Each month I highlight some of the reviews shared for the challenge in the linky Don’t forget to link each book you r…| Book’d Out
As an infrequent flyer, I have a few tips to improve the experience that frequent flyers may overlook.| Tim Covell
Historian Faith Tibble examines the origin of one of the most famous images in the Christian world and how it changed over the centuries.| Newtown Review of Books
Quite why this book – pre-ordered on the basis of how much I loved the accessibility of Wulf’s Invention of Nature – sat unread on my shelves for nigh on 3 years is a mystery. Especially as the subject – the German Romantics – is a source of endless fascination. A bigger mystery, perhaps, is […]| Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
I’ve been on a little history kick lately, having read 3 non-fiction history books in a row. And I’m about to pick up a 4th. For now, though, let me review book 2. Illustrated by Cat Ou…| Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
20 Books of Summer is no longer being hosted by Cathy of 746 Books, but Annabel of AnnaBookBel and Emma of Words and Peace have stepped in instead – hooray! This year, it runs from 1st June t…| Laura Tisdall
Looking for ways to support your child with their AQA science GCSE revision? We're here tp help with the Oxford Revise Exam Tutor, in association with ExamJam. The post Supercharge your revision with the Oxford Revise Exam Tutor appeared first on Oxford Owl for Home.| Oxford Owl for Home
A Record of Shelford Parva was written and illustrated by village grandee Fanny Wale in the early 20th century. It was the first dedicated history book of Little Shelford.| Galileo Publishers
The World We're In by Will Hutton is an old book, from 2002 and it aged like milk. It is not worth reading. 2 stars.| Coffee and Books
Freedom by Angela Merkel - Memoirs 1954 – 2021 - a dissapointing read. Only 1 star, just because of its historical importance.| Coffee and Books
Hi friends, happy Wednesday, I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Ma-Nee Chacaby’s autobiography, A Two-Spirited Journey.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of When the Pine Needles Fall by: Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with Sean Carleton.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Welcome to the Monthly Spotlight for the 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge! Each month I highlight some of the reviews shared for the challenge in the linky Don’t forget to link each book you r…| Book’d Out
At any point over the past fifty years or so a small band of dissidents have made it their business to inform the reading public that the Orwell game is up. In most cases this process involves the …| This Reading Life
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates - The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need - 2 stars.| Coffee and Books
The hero’s journey is a classic story structure that has been used for centuries. This timeless storytelling technique encompasses the three core aspects of a protagonist’s journey. Using it in fiction often seems like common sense, but the secret is to use it in nonfiction as well. In this article, I will define what the […]| WTD
