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You Lie In A Grave Alone by Rob D Smith in Tough Kay Pualski’s a young woman, Eddie Morrison’s an old man and the two together are just doing what they need to get […]

The renowned editor wittily explores the appeal of the actor, whose ability to charm and mystify mesmerised admirers – until her abrupt retirement in the age of t […]

10 Wild Guesses about the year aheadIt is the start of another year – one I hope will be better than the one we just lived through. So to celebrate, I am going to […]

The author on late-night writing sessions, vulnerability, and rediscovering her love of painting during lockdownRaven Leilani is the author of Luster, a kinetic, […]

The False Prince (Ascendance #1) Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. 342 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: If I had it to do all over again, I would not have chosen […]

New writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Elena Ferrante and Jarvis Cocker – a taste of good things to come Continue reading…

Perimenopausal and appalled by Trump, a suburban woman looks for answers to her country’s crazy collapseIt’s 2017 and Sam, a middle-class, perimenopausal wife and […]

        A lot of my reading in 2021 has involved catching up on books published in 2020 or earlier, particularly among non-fiction. Hungry by Grace Dent and […]

This book was brilliant in written form and it’s even better in audio, with a cast of famous voices elevating hilarious, horrifying and moving historical e […]

The author on reading Peter Rabbit in Egypt, the allure of Lawrence Durrell – and the humour of Stella GibbonsMy earliest reading memoryBeatrix Potter, of c […]

The Spiritualist A 1948 film with the fantastic alternative title The Amazing Mr X, at the start we discover two sisters living together. Christine is a widow of […]

Solomon Carries On by Janelle Bassett in JMWW Solomon is the river turtle owned by our narrator’s husband’s grandma and when she dies the family get together to […]

Favorites sorted by genre (and sometimes audience):ANIMAL FANTASYFavorite:  Secondhand Dogs by Carolyn Crimi. 2021. [July] 256 pages. [Source: Review copy] BOARD […]

I read 437 books in 2021 and 121,630 pages. First book read at Becky’s Book Reviews: Georgana’s Secret. Arlem Hawks. 2021. [January] Shadow Mountain. 320 pages. […]

In December, I read thirty-three books. I will be posting lists of my favorite reads. Books Reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews143. The Slow March of Light. Heather […]

The fascinating story of a unique landscape surveys the climatic changes that made this desert dry – and explains why it will one day be green againFor Paul B […]

Carnival Row Rycroft Philostrate, ex-soldier, now a police inspector for the Burgues, is on the trail of Unseelie Jack, a murderer who targets the fae. Things are […]

A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. 1843. 96 pages. [Source: Bought]First sentence: MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. […]

 Monster Of The Week 104 is Snailbox, strictly speaking shouldn’t accept mail but people keep putting letters in the slot, what can you do, slow and steady, has a […]

That Story Isn’t The Story by John Wissel in Uncanny Anton is one of Mr Bird’s familiars, or blood slaves, or followers, a vampire’s victim. But he manages to lea […]

The Devil’s Men We’re somewhere in rural Greece and people are going missing. We, the audience, know what’s going on; Baron Corofax (Peter Cushing) in exile from […]