Leonard and Hungry Paul – Rónán Hession – 20.10.25
Aw, I loved this. (I also loved the tv adaptation). Leonard and Hungry Paul are two friends united by their quiet introvert personalities and enjoyment of board games. They help each other navigate through life’s changes with family, loves and loses. As a card carrying introvert myself, I loved this approach to the world, and…
Ring the Bells: The Stranger Times, Book 5 – C. K. McDonnell (Audiobook) Narrated by: Brendan McDonald – 20.10.25
I always enjoy the Stranger Times novels, and this is no exception. With a Christmassy theme this book reminds me of the great Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather story. I know many books claim to be as good as Terry Pratchett, and few deliver, but in my mind C.K. McDonnell does – the Stranger Times books are…
Twist – Colum McCann – 17.10.25
Colum McCann’s novel Apeirogon was one of my all time best reads (or listen – I found the audiobook to be utterly compelling) and this novel, thought also quite compelling, didn’t thrill me as much. It follows a journalist, Fennell, who is given the job of shadowing the captain of a ship that fixes damage…
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil – V. E. Schwab (Audiobook) Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Katie Leung, Julia Whelan – 12.10.25
I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab, so was excited to read this and I enjoyed it almost (but not quite) as much. It is a vampire book, following various characters from different points in history where/when they lived prior to being turned and as they continued to live as others…
The Impossible Fortune: Thursday Murder Club, Book 5 – Richard Osman (Audiobook) Narrated by: Fiona Shaw – 08.10.25
In this latest instalment Elizabeth is still coming to terms with her grief over the death of her husband, although it is becoming a little less raw, and Joyce is full of excitement over the wedding of her daughter, Joanna. A wedding guest confides to Elizabeth his fears for his life and the gang are…
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence – Carl Sagan (Audiobook) Narrated by: JD Jackson, Ann Druyan – 01.10.25
I’m so behind in my book reviews that I am writing this over two months later than reading the book and I am struggling to remember anything about it! I’m sure that tells more about my terrible memory than about the memorability of the book! I am not good at reading non fiction – I…
The Running Man – Stephen King (Richard Bachman) – 01.10.25
This was part of the three Richard Bachman books in one that I read together including The Long Walk and Road Works. Like The Long Walk, it is set in a dystopian future where the general population are oppressed and impoverished and, in this book, given the opportunity to enter cruel and gruelling game shows…
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking – Saifedean Ammous – 28.09.25
So, my hubby and I are both recently retired, and trying to manage our money so that we don’t end up in the poor house(!) and part of this strategy involves some bit coin investment. Hubby, Paul, is very careful and has done (and continues to do) lots of research about how to do this…
Year One (Chronicles of The One, Book 1) – Nora Roberts (Audiobook) Narrated by Julia Whelan – 28.09.25
Oh, this was fun – it reminded me a lot of Stephen King’s The Stand. A deadly new virus spreads rapidly around the world killing the majority of people who contract it. Of the survivors, a significant minority develop supernatural abilities, or transform into mythological creatures (fairies, trolls, etc). So it has the exciting beginning,…
The Hallmarked Man: Cormoran Strike, Book 8 – Robert Galbraith (Audiobook) Narrated by: Robert Glenister – 20.09.25
Early on in this book I found myself getting a bit irritated at the whole will they/won’t they thing between Robin and Strike, but I’ll admit I did get more and more invested in their relationship as the book progressed. There was lots happening in this book – lots of character development and lots of…
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