Unravelling a mystery is the opportunity not only for a gripping ‘whodunit’ but also a deep dive into Japanese society and its…

I read Leonard and Hungry Paul over the week of the US Election, while avoiding many news sources and if concentrating has…

This week’s prompt for Nonfiction November is to ‘be the expert’ and ‘share three or more books on a single topic that…

One of the things that I have found weirdest throughout the time of COVID-19 has been a calling back to the ‘Blitz…

I have been looking forward to this week’s prompt for Nonfiction November. Over to this week’s host, Julz at Julz Reads: This…

My first review for Nonfiction November 2020 is We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain by…

The 1956 Club inspired this The Lonely Londoners review, but although Sam Selvon vividly conveys ’50s London via a group of recently…

This Singapore Grip review was prompted by the announcement of a new six-part adaptation for ITV of J. G. Farrell’s book, which…

Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four…

I once wrote that a reader could have enough of thinking about a character’s breasts, but I will have to change my…