Book review - Tove Jansson (trans. Kingsley Hart) - "Moominvalley in November"
Moomins, Finnish novels, Tove Jansson| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
My best friend and I have just finished another Emma and Liz Reads book! (If you want to see them all, click here.) I received this one on my birthday last year from my friend Sian, who had seen it on my wishlist, and I think I bought a copy for Emma as I knew […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
When I was writing my Pairings post for Nonfiction November last year, I set an intention to read these two books together. I didn’t realise quite what a link they had until I read “Neon Roses” – read on below for that gem! Out of the ten books I bought in June 2024, including “Pride”, […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
It’s time! It’s the start of Nonfiction November (which is five weeks long to cover all the weeks in November) Week 1 27 October – 02 November Your Year in Nonfiction Host: Heather. Heather is a veterinarian living in Ohio who blogs at Based on a True Story. She reads all genres but really loves […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
As Nonfiction November starts on Monday (eee!), I have prepared my potential list of short nonfiction to read next month to cover Nonfiction November AND Novellas in November (yes, I know a work of short nonfiction is not precisely a novella; yes, the organisers of NovNov allow nonfiction and I do this every year). Nonfiction […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
We’re coming up to Nonfiction November and my particular Week, Pairings (link to last year’s post), and I set an intention at the start of this month to get some books read to add to my fiction/nonfiction pairings for Nonfiction November 2025. I had intended to read “That Peckham Boy” to pair up with Caleb […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
After giving up on another book that was *just* a romance with the secondary characters more sketched in, I’ve realised that really I prefer reading light novels that have a fully realised community flavour to them, with more than one story woven in. These two reads from NetGalley fulfilled that criterion beautifully. Angela Britnell – […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
“Carry On, Jeeves” was first published, not only in 1925, but in October 1925, by Herbert Jenkins. It includes ten short stories, the first of which being the Jeeves & Wooster origin story, when the “gentleman’s personal gentleman” first glided in to Bertie Wooster’s life. As such, it was the perfect book to download and […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
I had to say yes when offered this book by Rachel’s Random Resources, as I knew that fiction writers visiting my professional blog would be interested, as well as any fiction writers who visit this book review blog! It didn’t disappoint, packed full of useful information. Elizabeth M. Hurst – “The Wordsmith’s Guide to Planning […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
We like a Korean/Japanese healing novel in this house, and this is certainly a lovely example. Kim Jee Hye (trans. Shanna Tan) – “Soyangri Book Kitchen” (14 April 2025, NetGalley) Writing my first novel brought me a lot of joy. When I first started, I hadn’t quite imagined that others would be reading the story […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Moomins, Finnish novels, Tove Jansson| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
On my state of the TBR April post, I shared a picture of the whole of my TBR and asked if anyone fancied reading along with me. Alongside plans hatched with a few friends outside blogging, I now ha…| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
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TBR pile, books to read, book confessions| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
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Empire, colonialism, Britain, British history, world history| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
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Moomins, Finland| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
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Enough became enough in December 2023. I’ve got so many lovely books that I was so excited to acquire and read, and then they have sat there unread for ages and ages. I have always read my bo…| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
