Our reading tastes tend to change over time. We return to some authors again and again, authors we never get…
The debut novel of South African author, Olive Schreiner, was published in 1883 under the pseudonym Ralph Iron. I had…
2019 was an interesting year of reading. Not only did I complete 125 books (and abandon dozens of them after…
“Bah! Humbug!” I have a fondness for Scrooge. Not only has he got a fantastic name (typically Dickensian), he’s a…
Welcome to another instalment in the ‘time-travelling bookworm’ series! The random generator has landed on Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish by…
Hello friends, I hope you are well. Here are just a few of the excellent blog posts I enjoyed reading…
The lazy and amiable narrator of P G Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, Bertie is a character I can’t help…
This famous 1957 novel by British science fiction author John Wyndham is set in a cosy village called Midwich. After…
Hello there, friends. Here are just a few of the excellent blog posts I’ve read this month: Retro film review:…
“You think you’ve got problems? What are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot? No, don’t…