As some of you will already know, Karen and Simon are hosting another of their hugely popular ‘Club’ events this week. In fact, it’s ten years since they started this venture, so congratulations to all concerned! For the Club’s 10th anniversary, they’ve chosen 1925, with the aim of encouraging us all to read and talk […]| JacquiWine's Journal
Regular readers of this blog are probably aware of my fondness for Barbara Comyns – a startlingly original writer with a very distinctive style. Her novels have a strange, slightly off-kilter feel,…| JacquiWine's Journal
Book Review: Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music The post Tom Werman’s Memoir Chronicles ’80s Excess and Awesomeness appeared first on Rock and Roll Globe.| Rock and Roll Globe
Hello Everyone! Today I’m sharing my review of The Clackity by Lora Senf! The Clackity is a spooky middle-grade horror story and the first book in the Blight Harbor series. For more middle-grade horror, you can check out my review of Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick or Monster Movie! by Chuck Wendig. Title: The ClackityAuthor: […] The post Review – The Clackity by Lora Senf first appeared on Books Are 42.| Books Are 42
A weekend idyll turns nightmarish in this bold thriller cum satire set in the Australian bush| Reading Matters
Congratulations to the winner of the WA writers goodie bag. The post also includes answers to the quiz questions.| Reading Matters
Joseph Kellner, The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse (Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2025), 258 pp. Joseph Kellner’s The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse traces the outlines of what the author terms “the seeking phenomenon”—a highly visible search for meaning that millions of Soviet and post-Soviet citizens embarked upon in the years leading up to and following the collapse of the Soviet Union. With a focus on Russia, the book tr...| ARTMargins Online
So, I didn’t do much reading this month (as you might have gathered from my slump post). Still, much as I’ve been teetering very close to book burnout, I have had rather a busy month!… More| the orang-utan librarian
I’m not trying to sell you anything in this review. Rather, I’m taking a critical stance on what we buy into… including the views contained in this book. Because while there’s some valuable insight in… More| the orang-utan librarian
This is a stunning book. If some scientists and mathematicians have seen further than others, it is by standing on the mountains of madness. This straddles between being a faithful and fanciful biography of insanity. It is written like a hyperactive friend trying to show you how all the things in the universe connect with each other - while you slowly back away in terror. Are these ghost…| Terence Eden’s Blog
Brother Mauro, an older monk, and Nicolo, a young, striving merchant are called by the Pope to traverse the treacherous political, religious, and mercantile terrain of medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire to seek out the powerful Presbyter John, a mysterious king in the Far East who has promised to put his wealth and vast armies to the service of the pope's crusade. I don't understand why…| Terence Eden’s Blog
The Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt was an interesting read. It is a close examination of what they perceive as structural flaws in the U.S. Constitution that have allowed minority rule to undermine, in their opinion, democratic norms. Most of their focus is … Continue reading Book Review: Tyranny of the Minority→| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
I read a total of 24 books this month. I read a total of 11,033 pages. YOWZA!! I can’t believe we are about to hit November!!! I hope everyone is having a Happy Halloween (if you celebrate!) …| Books Are The New Black
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Numinous Seditions: Interiority and Climate Change, by Tim Lilburn, reviewed by Steven Ross Smith The post Numinous Seditions: Interiority and Climate Change, by Tim Lilburn, reviewed by Steven Ross Smith appeared first on League of Canadian Poets.| League of Canadian Poets
two men and a women have been selected to be entombed, in specially constructed spheres, the only representatives of their race to survive when the world ends in a few weeks time.| The Australian Legend
They had never had a quarrel; he had never been impatient with dissent from her as he was with others. Or it may simply be that he humored her and did not think much of her opinions in the first pl…| The Australian Legend
Haha! I messed up big time! Ok, so that’s a weird way to start a book review, I know. Let me start over: Confession by Michael Cordell is a legal thriller following lawyer Thane Banning on his latest case: defending a young sex worker who’s accused of murdering a high profile football coach. The kicker?... Continue Reading →| Trey Stone, Author
So, we meet again, Silmarillion – my nemesis of books. I’ve read The Silmarillion once before, sometime less than ten years ago. I was very excited to finally give it ago, having read b…| Trey Stone, Author
With well over a century of watchmaking from the day the brand was founded until today, the world of Rolex can be a daunting one. As the most prolific and widely known brand, and with countless references, generations and innovations coming from the Swiss manufacture, it’s understandable some might get absolutely lost in the details. […]| Monochrome Watches
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It is a book that could only be written by a man sustained by a spiritual faith that inspired his four subjects to face their own deaths without flinching, so that others might be saved.|
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV ShowPublisher: Gallery UKPub Date: 24 October 2024Genre: Memoir Panda Rating:(4.5 pandas) 📖 SYNOPSIS A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. In the early 2000s, after years of hard […]| dinipandareads
"If only more historical studies were so critical of the protagonists, to show their complexities and biases, how they can be both heroic and unjust."| The Army Historical Foundation
Lyon is France’s second city, renowned as the capital of the rest of the country while Paris is the metropole. And OctoGônes is its biggest annual fantasy, gaming and independent weird publis…| teleread.org
The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . . But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive… Continue reading The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
First Impression Friday will be a meme where you talk about a book that you JUST STARTED! Maybe you’re only a chapter or two in, maybe a little farther. Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end. Synopsis: East of Eden is the masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner John […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Wednesdays also mean WWW Wednesday updates. WWW Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted originally by SAM@TAKING ON A WORLD OF WORDS. The mechanics for WWW Wednesday are quite simple: you just have to answer three questions: What are you currently reading? It’s already the middle of the week — how time flies! I […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Hello, readers! It is Monday again! As it is Monday, welcome to another #5OnMyTBR update. The rule is relatively simple. I must pick five books from my to-be-read piles that fit the week’s theme. T…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
A review of Raymond Aron’s “Memoires” Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 [...] The post Branko Milanović – “J’avais toujours raison” appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
original tag created by ariel bissett happy halloween, friends! let’s talk about the best type of scary – all the books i need to read before 2026 is here! i can’t believe it…| meltotheany
Thank you to Shadow Dragon Press for providing me with this review copy. My opinions are completely my own. One Night at Kedasi is available now. *I am a Bookshop.org affiliate. Should you make a purchase using a link in this post, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. One … Continue reading Book Review: One Night at Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay→| Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Thank you to Orbit Books and Oliver Wehner for providing me with this review copy. My opinions are completely my own. I enjoyed Georgia Summer’s previous book, The City of Stardust, so I was excited for The Bookshop Below. While I could see the author’s fingerprints in the writing style and hints of wonder, the … Continue reading Book Review: The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers→| Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
The post Review of Adam Turl’s <em>Gothic Capitalism</em> appeared first on Spectre Journal.| Spectre Journal
I am so torn about the rating of The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton. Part of me was won over by the interesting world Clayton created where people are born alike, with red eyes and grey skin, and hair the texture of straw. What is considered “beauty” – a variety of skin tones, hair colors and types, and body shapes – does not come naturally unless they are a […]| faintingviolet
What a kooky mystery book. My mom was visiting for the last few days and she and I love to get our blankets and read (which we indulged in doing) so she was perfectly placed to ask me wha…| faintingviolet
Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that evoked my childhood in South Dakota so strongly. Violent American Indian movements. Hippies. Communes. Underground houses. I didn’t say nostalgia. That’s a “wistful affection for the past”. Essay: Home Sweet… Continue reading →| MarzAat
And, so, I return to the Mack Reynolds-Dean Ing series of “collaborations” with a posthumous novel about immortality from a man who died at age 66. Review: Eternity, Mack Reynolds with Dean Ing, 1984. There’s not much going on in… Continue reading →| MarzAat
Never heard of this one before I saw it on the shelf at Midway Books in St. Paul, MN. I originally picked it up because it has coverage of the North American fur trade, but that’s only a small part… Continue reading →| MarzAat
And we’re at the end of the Jack Stein, psychic investigator, series. Review: Wall of Mirrors, Jay Caselberg, 2006. Just as this series isn’t really about solving crimes, it also isn’t really about alien contact though that’s been a theme… Continue reading →| MarzAat
Review: The Star Tablet, Jay Casselberg, 2005. Cover by Christian McGrath Private eye Jack Stein doesn’t even have a client in this one. About two years ago, Billie, the girl Stein resc…| MarzAat
Good books are inspiring. Here’s one that inspired today’s poem. … and a little self promo. Thanks for reading.| Selma
Next up is The Rest of our Lives. You can read our short reviews here: The Rest of our Lives. The novel made it onto 0 of our predictions lists. The Booker judges had this to say about the book ‘When Tom Layward’s wife cheated on him, he stayed for the children but promised to […]| The Reader's Room
Next up is Audition by Katie Kitamura. You can read our short reviews here: Audition. The novel made it onto 4 of our predictions lists with all by Lisa predicting it will make the shortlist. The Booker judges had this to say about the book… ‘This novel begins with an actress meeting a young man […]| The Reader's Room
Now that the shortlist has been announced, our panel will be providing some additional thoughts on each of the shortlist nominees. First up is Flesh by David Szalay. You can read our short reviews …| The Reader's Room
Bruce Ware Allen's The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John brings the pivotal moment of the Siege of Malta to life with the narrative vigor that transforms a visit to Valletta from pleasant sightseeing into an immersive historical experience. The post The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John by Bruce Ware Allen first appeared on Jennifer Eremeeva.| Jennifer Eremeeva
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you will read next? Here’s a good life hack… if you have been sick for over 2 weeks, go … Continue reading W.W.W. 10/28/25| Books Are The New Black
This week I’d like to introduce you to a new book by Helena Kelly called The Worlds of Jane Austen: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Novels. This book caught my eye, initially, because of its beautiful cover – yes, I admit it! I do judge a book (first) by its cover. But more than […]| Jane Austen's World
We’re on a walk, on the pattern of a pilgrimage, bearing west from Edinburgh towards... The post Green Man, Unleashed appeared first on Dark Mountain.| Dark Mountain
A novel about consequences of one's actions| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
An interactive tale full of ghosts| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
An unsettling horror novel exploring the impact of abusive homes| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
An intriguing Frankenstein inspired tale| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
An addictive horror sequel| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
A superb zom-com| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
An epic finale| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell is one of the most creative books I’ve read this year. Not creative in that it plays with style or structure, but simply for its somehow wholly engaging focus on the micro detail (and in doing so, tells a macro story). What a strange thing a body is, I thought, … Continue reading →| booksaremyfavouriteandbest
Sheeva shares some of her favorite quotes from one of her favorite short story writers, Jorge Luis Borges.| Fancy Comma, LLC
Read about Sheeva’s summer reading Isabel Allende.| Fancy Comma, LLC
Which books/covers/authors intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed? Finally acquired a new scanner! 1. The Memory of Whiteness, Kim Stanley Robinson (1985) From the back cover: “In the 33rd century humanity is scattered among the planets of the Solar System. Millions of lives depend on the revolutionary physics of Arthur Holywelkin; millions of … Continue reading Updates: Recent Science Fiction Purchases No. CCCXLVI (Kim Stanley Robinson, Miriam Allen DeFord, Keith Laumer, an...| Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Alan Gutierrez’s cover for the 1985 edition 4.5/5 (Very Good) Octavia E. Butler’s Clay’s Ark (1984) is the final published volume of her Patternist sequence (1976-1984).1 It is th…| Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Here is my introduction to Episode 38 of the podcast I co-host with Rebecca Hussey and Frances Evangelista, One Bright Book. Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Preparation for a Bullfight (1903) Our book …| Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau
Dates: 10/27-11/2 Host: Heather @ Based on a True StoryTitle: Your Year in NonfictionCelebrate your year of nonfiction. What books have you read? What were your favorites? Have you had a favorite topic? Is there a topic you want to read about more? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November? Looking back over … Continue reading Nonfiction November 2025: Your Year in Nonfiction| Book’d Out
Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz ==================== Life… Weather is always a hot topic in these posts. It’s mid Spring in Australia but on Wednesday the temperature in my town reached 42C° (that’s 108F), the hottest October day here in 65 years. Thankfully temperatures have dropped to the … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #SundayPost #SundaySalon| Book’d Out
Every third Sunday of the month (or so) I share my Bookshelf Bounty – what’s been added to my TBR tile recently for review from publishers, purchases or gifts. Click on the cover images to view at Goodreads For Review (My thanks to the respective publishers) Every third Sunday of the month (or so) I … Continue reading Bookshelf Bounty| Book’d Out
Title: Lost and Found Author: Liz Byrski Published: 28th October 2025, PanMacmillan Aus Status: Read October 2025 courtesy PanMacmillan Aus ++++++++ My Thoughts: Two years after she woke from an urgent dream, Rose Walters is finally returning to England to confront her biggest loss. It’s been thirty years since Tom Stutchbury broke her heart but … Continue reading Review: Lost and Found by Liz Byrski| Book’d Out
Title: Tusk Love Author: Thea Guanzon Published: 1st July 2025, Random House UK Status: Read September 2025 courtesy PenguinUK/Netgalley ++++++++ My Thoughts: Tusk Love started life as a joke during campaign two aka The Mighty Nein, of Critical Role, a popular Dungeons and Dragons group who live stream their weekly games. Jester Lavorre (played by … Continue reading Review: Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon| Book’d Out
Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz ==================== Life… The week has just slipped away from me, between the late night/early morning rides to work for my son, and a particularly bad bout of insomnia coupled with peri-menopausal night sweats, I’m exhausted. I used to be able … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #SundayPost #Sunday Salon| Book’d Out
Title: The Society of Unknowable Objects Author: Gareth Brown Published: 30th July 2025, Random House UK Status: Read September 2025 courtesy PenguinUK/Netgalley ++++++++ My Thoughts: “All unknowable objects did something: ordinary, everyday items that could enable those who possessed them to do unusual and extraordinary things. ” Set in the same world as The Books of … Continue reading Review: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown| Book’d Out
Title: Metal Slinger {Fire & Metal #1} Author: Rachel Schneider Published: 24th June 2025, Gollancz Status: Read October 2025 courtesy Hachette AUS ++++++++ My Thoughts: With a twist you likely won’t see coming, Metal Slinger is the first promising instalment of the Fire & Metal fantasy romance series by Rachel Schneider. Brynn lives in Alaha, … Continue reading Review: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider| Book’d Out
Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz ==================== Life… Have…| Book’d Out
I just want to take a moment to thank Chris — (https://lunas-online.com/)one of the few WordPress authors who believed in my work back when I was just starting out. Your thoughtful insights and kind words about my book Locker truly mean a lot. Thank you so much for your support, Chris! 💙 It feels so good to... Leer más →| Hotel by Masticadores
Opening Day – Midnight Oil Tour Welcome to the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour. Today, we’ll be learning a little about three stories in Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, volume 3 in the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series from WordCrafter Press. Book Description 14 authors bring you 16 dark tales that explore... Leer más →| Hotel by Masticadores
The Disappearing Act| Reads & Knits
The Husbands| Reads & Knits
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse| Reads & Knits
The Murder of My Aunt| Reads & Knits
The Sussex Downs Murder| Reads & Knits
Body on the Island| Reads & Knits
Oracle| Reads & Knits
The Kensington Kidnap| Reads & Knits
Title: Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5) by James S.A. CoreyRating: 4 stars (🌟🌟🌟🌟)| Reads & Knits
Title: Shiver by Allie ReynoldsRating: 4 stars (🌟🌟🌟🌟)| Reads & Knits
Title: Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem KhanRating: 4 stars (🌟🌟🌟🌟)| Reads & Knits
Death on the Cherwell| Reads & Knits
Cibola Burn (The Expanse #4)| Reads & Knits
Logan's Run| Reads & Knits
The Pint of No Return| Reads & Knits
Eight Perfect Murders| Reads & Knits
The Case of the Famished Parson| Reads & Knits
The Pact| Reads & Knits
Title: Death of a Busybody by George BellairsRating: 4 stars (🌟🌟🌟🌟)| Reads & Knits
Magpie Murders| Reads & Knits
Crossed Skis: An Alpine Mystery| Reads & Knits
Who Is Maud Dixon| Reads & Knits
Refuge| Reads & Knits
Multi genre book reviews & the occasional mention of things done with yarn.| Reads & Knits
The Gendarme What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered… Emmett Conn is an old man, near the end of his life. A World War […]| Leah's Books
Voidwalker Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. WOULD IT BE SO BAD TO BE DEVOURED? Fi smuggles contraband between worlds, stockpiling funds and stolen magic to keep her village free from the blood […]| Leah's Books
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “The problem with mushrooms, Pansy decided, half-squatting in […]| Leah's Books
