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Comment on Review of ‘Handmade’ by Anna Ploszajski by Review of ‘The Age of Alchemy’ by Kit Chapman – N S Ford

Review of ‘The Age of Alchemy’ by Kit Chapman – N S Ford — Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:47:34 +0000

[…] science books I have reviewed: Handmade by Anna Ploszajski, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, Stuff Matters by Mark […]

Comment on Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+ and I’m annoyed… by (Kitty) Cat Strawberry - Meow!

(Kitty) Cat Strawberry - Meow! — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:53:46 +0000

AI is becoming worrying in all areas. Since AI became available to everyone I've been flooded the last year or so with requests from authors who use AI. Sometimes it's AI generated images for picture books, sometimes it's AI generated text. Like I can understand AI being used for editing (I will always use a human editor but I can understand those that want to use it) or to generate the odd image, but whole swathes of pages in picture books that look the same as everyone else's books, and none of the book written by the author, just an idea put into the machine.

Btw, sorry for being away from reading your blog so long. It's been a bit of a year but I wanted to reconnect. Hope you are okay <3

Comment on Film of the book: ‘Chocolat’ (2000) by David Henningham (Retrohen)

David Henningham (Retrohen) — Wed, 11 Nov 2026 19:35:43 +0000

One of my favourite books.

Comment on Review of ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson by Re-read: ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson – N S Ford

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:58:25 +0000

[…] have read another Shirley Jackson book since, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, but I had quite mixed feelings about it, so I don’t know if I’ll read any more of her […]

Comment on Should libraries charge overdue fines? by Sharon's Writers Tidbits

Sharon's Writers Tidbits — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:53:59 +0000

In reply to nsford. I hear that!

Comment on Should libraries charge overdue fines? by nsford

nsford — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:53:05 +0000

In reply to Sharon's Writers Tidbits. Thanks. Yes, that's the difficulty, hopefully the majority of library users will stick to the rules, even without the threat of fines!

Comment on Should libraries charge overdue fines? by Sharon's Writers Tidbits

Sharon's Writers Tidbits — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:01:36 +0000

Personally, I agree with the abolition of overdue fines. Potential fines have been a big reason why I don’t borrow from my local library as much.

But how else can libraries prevent lenders from holding on to popular books or new releases?

Interesting post!

Comment on Review of ‘The Rose Field’ by Philip Pullman by nsford

nsford — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:15:37 +0000

In reply to Sharon's Writers Tidbits. Whatever it was, I didn't like it much! One of my least favourite reads this year.

Comment on Review of ‘The Rose Field’ by Philip Pullman by Sharon's Writers Tidbits

Sharon's Writers Tidbits — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:59:02 +0000

This sounds like a cross between fiction and non-fiction! Could be just me!!

Comment on Review of ‘Kiki and the New Magic’ by Eiko Kadono by Sharon's Writers Tidbits

Sharon's Writers Tidbits — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:55:57 +0000

In reply to nsford. If it made sense and was well-written, then that sounds OK! Thanks!