Janet Emson

I’ve still not read it yet. I shall have to soon.

I know how you feel. And it makes me feel under read. I’ve got the white pyjamas and the vegetable books left.

Rude of work!

I forget the title of every book ever each year when this rolls around 😂

Two left now!

Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens

Three left and I hate all books @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social #hiddenbookgame

An illustration of this year's game. Text says: "Hidden Books Game is BACK! Play at nationalbooktokens.com" and "Win £500 to spend on books".

Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎

Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).

Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR

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Dictionary of Fine Distinctions by Eli Burnstein – review Published by Profile Publication date – 4 September 2025 Source – review copy Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we us…

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Winding Up the Week #438 This week we announce another brief break coming up, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, foc…

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So it actually went up but I’ve narrowed it down to these. Which to say I’ve got about 2,300 to choose from isn’t bad. I’m only away for a week so I need to pick 5. Which ones would you take? #booksky📚

It’s an idea! I need to make sure I’m not adding any more. Or that I suddenly don’t want to read any of them.

Might have to. Or just eeney meeney it!

Three stacks of books, pages out so titles can’t be seen. There are 30 books in total. I’m only going away for a week.

Narrowing down which books to take on holiday is going well…

I’ll get there eventually.

Charity shop! £2. I’ve just checked and can’t see a label.

A tote bag that looks like the facsimile cover of A Pocket Full of Rye. It’s black and red striped with the title in white font and Agatha Christie in yellow font.

Went book shopping. Came home without any books but with this. Which is book adjacent so counts.

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Attention All Shipping by Kathy Biggs – review Published by Borough Press Publication date – 8 May 2025 Source – review copy When you’re feeling lost at sea, what will it take to guide you home? Grace lives with her father Jac…

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Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie – review Published by Fontana Publication date – originally 1936 Source – own copy What secrets lie in the past? Fifteen years ago, during the Great War, Louise Leidner’s first husband was tried…

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Death on the Down Beat by Sebastian Farr Published by The British Library Publication date – 10 September 2022 Source – review copy As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented ye…

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Good science always needs a peer review…

It’s often not wise to read between the lines but I got from this that it still affected them even though they got the money back.

“It’s the drama Mick. I just love it” (I do feel for Ros Hemmings and her husband though).

I enjoyed it. There’s a nice balance between the lemon, the cream and the pastry. I often think choux isn’t sweet enough but it works here.

M&S lemon eclairs (choux pastry filled with whipped cream and lemon curd and topped with lemon fondant.

Doing my bit for science by trying these.

The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

Bourne on the Fourth of July

Cover for book "Behind Frenemy Lines" by Zen Cho. A woman wearing round sunglasses in front of a skyline which includes Big Ben and the London Eye. In the sunglasses is the reflected image of a man in a dark suit and red tie.

Happy publication day to @zenaldehyde.bsky.social for Behind Frenemy Lines, from @panmacmillan.bsky.social, a book I ready enjoyed #romance #lawyers #cosplay bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/07/revi...