Thoughts and opinions about books I’ve read (or want to read), different reading formats, events and the literary industry.
I’m the type of person who makes New Year’s resolutions. When you hear “New Year’s resolutions”, you probably think of fitness goals, but that’s not the focus here. I’m talking …
This post summarises my Goodreads 2021 reading challenge, as I did for my Goodreads 2020 reading challenge last year. Does that make this post a tradition? Possibly. Probably. I like …
Ahh, trashy reads… When life gets messy – or virus- and lockdown-ridden – a trashy read is equivalent to eating an entire chocolate bar. There may not be lots of …
Have you ever read a book that you didn’t know whether you liked or not? That you didn’t know how to rate on Goodreads? I have. I definitely have. In …
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. No, I’m not talking about a past-relationship I didn’t appreciate – I’m talking about libraries. But I’ve already written about why …
I have nothing to say to 2020. I will bite my thumb at it, sir. But, that being said, I did have more time for reading and listening to audiobooks. …
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin follows Ged, a boy who becomes a wizard. Ged’s journey, however, is ‘not only to learn to be a wizard, but …
Do you reread books? Replay games? A lot of people do, and I’m one of them. But what is it that brings us back to media we’ve already finished and …
How have bookshops been able to survive and stay relevant when so much of the reading we do is now online? When even physical books can be purchased online? We …
I like writing the unreal, but I also like writing the real with unreal possibility. Sci-fi is fascinating because of the possible scenarios based on real world logic. There are …
