Author Buzz | Burty Burtman | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/burty/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Burty Burtman is a member. Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:59:09 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 ddab2b9d76d3a57f8e9d1abd6784d61e Blog: Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/isabel-allende-wins-premio-planeta-spanish-literary-prize-pseudonym Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0100 Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the SpiritsThe Chilean-American author Isabel Allende has won […]

]]> 0 9032172c0aba81ddf254ebb2678c0251 Blog: ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/is-there-any-value-in-writing-a-story-in-a-time-of-chaos-novelist-elif-shafak-on-her-creative-crisis Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0100 The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif […]

]]> 0 e60fa509d78f795d8a9d8515fde6478b Blog: A Fatal Illusion, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/A_Fatal_Illusion__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2023 historical mystery; eleventh in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages rush to Sebastian’s
father, who was attacked and wounded […]

]]> 0 62ee4e4f206d9513e41fdd370d00314f Blog: ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/as-byatt-british-library-literary-papers-archive Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:24:40 +0100 The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library […]

]]> 0 9baaf7b9cd20650819d8cd18fed96856 Blog: 69. I Am A Good Dog (Dogtown #3) from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/69-i-am-good-dog-dogtown-3.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:51:32 +0100 69. I Am A Good Dog (Dogtown #3) Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. 2026. 345 pages. [Source: Library] [animal fantasy, series book]First sentence: I was […]

]]> 0 83f769826304c080b0e1c1efaf03a0d4 Blog: 68. Westfallen: The World at Midnight from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/68-westfallen-world-at-midnight.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:18:46 +0100 68. Westfallen: The World at Midnight. Ann and Ben Brashares. 2026. 384 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, MG speculative fiction, series book]First sentence: It’s […]

]]> 0 1750b02672ac53899a8ff0512688296c Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0100 The Heights by Ian Rankin; The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier; Murder Most Cryptic by Alys Cummings; The Deadly Inheritance of Everest […]

]]> 0 297412566b94a2868eb1641472cfc9ef Blog: John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:57 +0100 The American author on being inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, coming late to Jane Austen, and the brilliance of Robert Penn WarrenMy earliest reading memory

I remember […]

]]> 0 870ce78dcdcebd4bd744868cbecaabdd Blog: Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/make-me-well-by-xand-van-tulleken-an-eye-opening-takedown-of-wellness-myths Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0100 The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmericWhen Xand van Tulleken set off on a journey into the […]

]]> 0 e7d10875d6d0e96be0818c518e2c6596 Blog: Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/lee-child-backs-launch-of-reading-scheme-to-send-prisons-half-a-million-books Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:01:44 +0100 The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support r […]

]]> 0 eba4d71057fc856abd8b33e54ff9da28 Blog: Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/vermeer-by-andrew-graham-dixon-audiobook-review-a-sharp-and-authoritative-guide Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:14 +0100 The author offers intriguing insights into the way this Dutch artist worked, including fresh perspectives on The Girl With the Pearl EarringIn the decades after the […]

]]> 0 ff11f9cc084af751e803862980ec7c22 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: Oh boy, that's a lot of spam. Clearing it out now. https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19208/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:55:04 +0100 Oh boy, that’s a lot of spam. Clearing it out now.

]]> 0 af5d54a23d8eca055e1cce6e606b1a39 Blog: The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/the-best-books-to-read-in-october-new-paperbacks-from-zadie-smith-thomas-pynchon-and-francis-spufford Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:32:23 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection. Discuss what […]

]]> 0 55e3c5f6e9fb158b38a7f10b51b4683c Blog: Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/ply-by-hernan-diaz-review-pulitzer-winners-dry-vision-of-far-future-america Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0100 There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human dramaHernan Diaz’s last n […]

]]> 0 2bcc28e175e53b96a4e66302107952b7 Blog: The Place Called Dagon, Herbert Gorman from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Place_Called_Dagon__Herbert_Gorman.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1927 horror. Dr Daniel Dreeme is working a remote valley in New
England, and it becomes increasingly clear that the people are
Strange.

]]> 0 06fe74a4cf6b44c9d97b029a323ff3ad Blog: Week in Review #42 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-42.html Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:54:55 +0100 This week I read some books! 66. Xenocide. Orson Scott Card. 1991. 592 pages. [Source: Library] 67. Daughter of Egypt. Marie Benedict. 2026. 352 pages. [Source: […]

]]> 0 3b9c1f3f97552cf594e4d3acc26c26fc Blog: 67. Daughter of Egypt from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/67-daughter-of-egypt.html Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:30:21 +0100   67. Daughter of Egypt. Marie Benedict. 2026. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy] [adult historical fiction, dual narratives, 3 stars]First sentence: The Saloon glows […]

]]> 0 2f37c2b826f0b6f8add335e1b3847a4b Blog: Miss Silver Intervenes, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Miss_Silver_Intervenes__Patricia_Wentworth.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1943 mystery/thriller, sixth in the Miss Silver series. Meade
Underwood’s fiancé was thought drowned when their liner was torpedoed,
and now she’s living in a flat […]

]]> 0 493ef6cf2debaa36fd184635fd1599b6 Blog: The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Gone_World__Tom_Sweterlitsch.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2018 SF/horror. Shannon Moss is an investigator in a clandestine
division of the NCIS. In 1997, she looks into the torture and murder
of a SEAL’s family, perhaps by […]

]]> 0 79a96472cf4c6beaef81cf10562b1732 Matthew Brown edited the blog post My book and my site are made without AI in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/ai/my-book-and-my-site-are-made-without-ai/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:22:25 +0100 My book and my site are made without AI When I started The Fictional Dictionary of Bad Language (2014 or thereabouts), AI was for games, and LLMs had yet to be invented. Every part of my book was […]

]]> 01ff2664a38d522771872a918bab1a60 Blog: 66. Xenocide from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/66-xenocide.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:26:09 +0100 66. Xenocide. Orson Scott Card. 1991. 592 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: Today one of the brothers asked me: Is it a terrible prison, not to be able to […]

]]> 0 6a5a1d07876a6cea313f2cdd3be9bbff Jason Latnar edited the blog post Brandon Sanderson Officially Defends George R.R. Martin’s 15-Year ‘Winds of Winter’ Delay in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/author-news/2026/10/05/brandon-sanderson-officially-defends-george-r-r-martins-15-year-winds-of-winter-delay/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:43:00 +0100 Brandon Sanderson Officially Defends George R.R. Martin’s 15-Year ‘Winds of Winter’ Delay Few authors understand the expectations surrounding a gigantic fantasy series better than Brandon Sanderson, but even he isn’t interested in judging […]

]]> 531cf60b8e8a52cd16d7b8904cdffd62 Blog: Saucers and Sorcery, Tansy Rayner Roberts from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Saucers_and_Sorcery__Tansy_Rayner_Roberts.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2026 fantasy anthology, stories in Roberts’ Teacup Magic setting.

]]> 0 4a44f2cf301f68b269768784d4c4df8b Blog: Week in Review #41 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-41.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:09:40 +0100 This week I read some books! 65. Westfallen. Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares. 2024. 384 pages.
[Source: Library] [5 stars] [MG speculative fiction, MG science […]

]]> 0 46070d1c473a4637d9184c0fa16d2564 Blog: Stories shortlisted for 4thWrite prize offer ‘a whole world in a few pages’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/shortlist-4thwrite-prize-revealed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:18 +0100 The six stories on the shortlist for the 10th year of the writing award run by 4th Estate and the Guardian and open to unpublished writers of colour are […]

]]> 0 3c4ad919f4bd77031443a18c86d499dd Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:17 +0100 Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn […]

]]> 0 80cbc8a8b99f635273bd4a26fe2d03f9 Blog: Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/rhapsody-a-manifesto-by-alice-oswald-review-a-history-of-the-spoken-word-from-homer-to-ted-hughes Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:11 +0100 A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural worldThe poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to […]

]]> 0 5df97c29572ad55a7414f10e9da9d352 Blog: 65. Westfallen (book #1) from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/65-westfallen-book-1.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:39:34 +0100 65. Westfallen. Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares. 2024. 384 pages.
[Source: Library] [5 stars] [MG speculative fiction, MG science fiction,
MG dystopia, TIME […]

]]> 0 f4a43ae7975f2bc5c82de7cd4dd8c17b Blog: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson audiobook review – a Caribbean child’s-eye view of 60s Bradford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson-audiobook-review-a-caribbean-childs-eye-view-of-60s-bradford Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:52 +0100 The author captures the comedy and cruelty in this tenderly written coming-of-age taleThis Women’s prize-nominated novel from Marcia Hutchinson is told from the p […]

]]> 0 9bcae217c35c31087961d0b304022007 Blog: What we’re reading: China Miéville, Sebastian Barry, Derek Owusu and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in September from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/what-were-reading-sebastian-barry-china-mieville-readers-and-derek-owusu-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-september Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:48:27 +0100 Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI was sideswiped by Giada Scodellaro’s Ruins […]

]]> 0 db357b2feb2f856d56c8b3516817118c Blog: If Books Could Kill, Kate Eberle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/If_Books_Could_Kill__Kate_Eberle.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2026 romance and more. Roxie Mitchell is happy working temp jobs to
save up for wild excursions, and reading romance novels with her book
club between times. But […]

]]> 0 7f032a606c2e189aa6595b5febd3d407 Blog: Dodge City by Patrick deWitt review – a wild draft-dodging road trip from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/dodge-city-by-patrick-dewitt-review-a-wild-draft-dodging-road-trip Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:29 +0100 This tale of a 60s college dropout driving across the US to avoid being sent to Vietnam is committed to both readerly pleasure and literary artificeCanadian author […]

]]> 0 2fe1c50f83b127e598f323de48b1f86e Blog: Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/baillie-gifford-prize-shortlist-patrick-radden-keefe-matthew-sweet-london-falling Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:01:20 +0100 The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew SweetFormer Baillie Gifford winner Patrick […]

]]> 0 f613772c580f50e75fe98fe1d954f9f5 Blog: Dèy by Edwidge Danticat review – motherhood and trauma in Miami from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/30/dey-by-edwidge-danticat-review-motherhood-and-trauma-in-miami Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:20 +0100 The first novel in over a decade from the acclaimed Haitian-American author lacks the power of earlier worksDèy, Edwidge Danticat’s first novel in over a decade, be […]

]]> 0 a98a266e54fdfaeb9d22d6b45d22b44a Blog: September Monthly Reflections from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-monthly-reflections.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:33:01 +0100 In September, I read nine books. Will I read more in October? Maybe. Maybe not. Books reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews64. Speaker for the Dead. Orson Scott Card. […]

]]> 0 395830d87e303adac529a12a7c176eb5 Blog: Century of Viewing, September from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/century-of-viewing-september.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:23:27 +0100 September I watched twenty-four things….but only two were five-star movies! I DID finish my Century of Viewing challenge! My two five star movies were Beginning […]

]]> 0 42fbb9beed2ce1f99b86e80d820a30ff Blog: The Fall of the West by Owen Jones review – a bracing history of the changing world order from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/29/the-fall-of-the-west-by-owen-jones-review-a-bracing-history-of-the-changing-world-order Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:57 +0100 A journalist charts a quarter century of geopolitical hubris and economic overreach Like many Britons born in the 1980s, the journalist and Guardian columnist Owen […]

]]> 0 7cfb7caa942830f123241d41f0498899 Blog: Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/29/stations-by-louise-kennedy-review-a-superb-follow-up-to-trespasses Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:55 +0100 This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 1980s Northern Ireland to an unforgiving London of squats and payphonesLouise Kennedy’s f […]

]]> 0 ecd47f486ac06a5aaaf0ef0052164497 Matthew Brown edited the blog post I'm checking up on a small bug in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/09/28/im-checking-up-on-a-small-bug/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:19:18 +0100 I'm checking up on a small bug There appears to be an issue with ActivityPub on some blogs, including Author Buzz HQ. It should not break the site (as far as I can tell), but it […]

]]> 8fa6e0bae267c209b2e6c43135ebeeb1 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Fediverse Book Fair (#FediBookFair) in the group Author Buzz HQ https://authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/09/28/fediverse-book-fair-fedibookfair/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:59:27 +0100 Fediverse Book Fair (#FediBookFair) A social media book fair is being organised on the Mastodon (and ActivityPub) social media network. It is free to participate, but you may, if you wish, […]

]]> 426fb17d6a09116745481c0a81987915 Blog: Week in Review #40 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/week-in-review-40.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:02:25 +0100 No books finished this week.Century of Viewing #401920s1920 Why Change Your Wife? Gloria
Swanson is always enjoyable to watch. The plot of this one, well, is […]

]]> 0 fc78c281e2223f871061954a6f3769bb Blog: The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown__G__K__Chesterton.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1911 collection of 1910-1911 short stories, first of the Father
Brown anthologies. Father Brown is an unassuming priest with a solid
understanding of human nature.

]]> 0 364517ee3dba677da932a51a3972db46 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Keeping Your Side Characters Distinct - Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025) in the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://thanetcreative.co.uk/2026/09/keeping-your-side-characters-distinct-brandon-sandersons-writing-lecture-2025/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:12:58 +0100 Keeping Your Side Characters Distinct – Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025)

]]> a311ec64d798669d5ba9ab435d5c3bae Toni McHadden joined the group I probably should be writing https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19124/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:56:09 +0100 0 af90f653db11f17dd42a94164d30c256 Blog: Last Chance to Save the World, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Last_Chance_to_Save_the_World__Beth_Revis.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 science fiction novella, last of its trilogy. Ada must sneak in to
not-SpaceX headquarters and hack the nanites that will fix Earth’s
ecosystem so that they […]

]]> 0 2fc7971122e90d77d86d09f63ed6fb71 Blog: One Good Knight, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/One_Good_Knight__Mercedes_Lackey.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2006 fantasy, second of its series. Princess Andromeda (she prefers
"Andie") has her mother Cassiopeia’s brains, but not her beauty, and
is determined to be useful […]

]]> 0 d5bb06e849bdf460d9ada33a5c5e22e9 Blog: Dead in the Frame, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Dead_in_the_Frame__Stephen_Spotswood.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 mystery, fifth in its series. As cliffhangered at the end of book
4, Pentecost has been arrested for murder.

]]> 0 ee2ef3583f2aa40d6b58ba96ffd58e0a Blog: Blood and Treachery, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Blood_and_Treachery__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, fourth in the Jack
Logan series. The Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team gets a shout, and
finds a body, but not the one they […]

]]> 0 ef335786d9b0a5e94fcf5bfe74d3e23c Blog: Books I Read in August 2026 from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/09/17/books-i-read-in-august-2026/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:29:50 +0100 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout is a stand-alone novel separate from the Olive Kitteridge universe and has been longlisted for this year’s Booker P […]

]]> 0 3b027b03dcebdd38d707be0851ccaca3 Blog: The Cafe at the End of the World, Helen Comerford from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Cafe_at_the_End_of_the_World__Helen_Comerford.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2026 young adult modern fantasy, first of a pair of books. Lydie is
the daughter of Death (now retired), but she just wants to work at and
eventually take over the […]

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