Update on my Reading Challenge

I am not sure if, as a reader of my blog, you are aware that there are links at the top of the home page to other aspects of my blog. I just wanted to let you know that I recently updated my Reading Challenge page for 2022 by adding in my reads for the…

The Lincoln Highway

I have read a couple of books by Amor Towles and thoroughly enjoyed them so I was eager to read this novel. I am not a keen reader of books set in the USA but occasionally I will find a book that makes me rethink my prejudice on that front. This is one that certainly…

Some recent reads

I think I have already mentioned that I haven’t done much reading recently as I have been busy watching cricket.  These are some of the titles that I have read this year. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Way it is Now…

Not since November 26th 2021!

Well, that is how long it has been since I have done a post on the blog.  I received a phone call today from my brother and sister-in-law just to make sure that I was still on the planet as I hadn’t posted for a while even though we have been in touch through Zoom…

An absolute corker of a read.

This is a book that you could easily spend all day reading.  I was so keen to get to the end that is exactly what I did. I have read a few Michael Robotham books, make that all of his books, and this one was his most recent. “Philomena ‘Phil’ McCarthy is a promising young…

Some recent reads

Both of these reads are from way back in August but I thought I should mention them as I enjoyed both of them for very different reasons. Val McDermid is one of my favourite authors and 1979 is her most recent book. 1979 is the story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead…