The Pulse Glass is hard to rate because it contained some really interesting stories and details, but I vehemently disagreed with the author in places.

Review: The Pulse Glass and the beat of other hearts, by Gillian Tindall →

Who Did You Tell is a compelling story of recovery laced with menace.

Review: Who Did You Tell?, by Lesley Kara →

The LONGEST month.

What I read in December 2019 →

I managed to narrow 145 books (so far!) down to ten.

My top reads of 2019 →

I still have my reservations.

What I read in November 2019 →

Confessions of a Bookseller is interesting and humorous, and shows that bibliophiles aren't necessarily a solitary bunch.

Review: Confessions of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell →

In Freak Like Me, Malcolm McLean recreates the 90s as I remember it, without sugar-coating the aspects that weren't so good.

Review: Freak Like Me, by Malcolm McLean →

Imagine how much I'd read if I didn't need to sleep quite so much.

What I read in October 2019 →

In My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay blends official documents and personal recollections and reflections to create a devastating narrative and damning indictment of the systems that failed him growing up. I found myself considering the nature of autobiography, and what makes this one particularly unusual and compelling.

Review: My Name Is Why, by Lemn Sissay →

The quicker I write this, the sooner I can get back to reading.

What I read in September 2019 →