It took me a while to warm to Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. It’s the most recent instalment of her ‘Lucy Barton’ series set in Maine. As that’s what I thought it was going to be, so I was thrown by a statement right at the beginning of this novel that this was to […]
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is all about Goals for 2026. If I stuck strictly to that topic, this could turn out to be my shortest post of all time. Why? Because I’ve decided that my one and only goal for 2026 is not to have any goals. Some bloggers seem to relish having […]
1. When did you join The Classics Club? How many titles have you read for the club so far? Share a link to your latest classics club list. I joined the Classics Club in 2012. I confess that it took me a lot longer than the “required” five years to read 50 books from my initial […]
Celebrity culture and the power of social media to make and break reputations is the subject of Yomi Adegoke’s 2023 debut novel. The issue is seen through the perspective of social media darlings and Michael, AKA “the king and queen of #BlackLove”. She’s a big talent at Womxxxn magazine and he’s just landed a plumb […]
This week’s Top Ten topic set by That Artsy Reader Girl) is “the best books I read in 2025”. I often have trouble getting to 10 books that match the prompt but this week it was hard to limit myself to just ten. One thing that struck me about my list is how few of […]