Oh I’m envious
I really want to read all of those. I’ve just started volume one of ‘On the Calculation of Volume’ and it’s great.
My book buddy and I are going to read all the long list between us and yours are some of the books I hope are on it.

I surprised myself by loving Piranesi! I would never have chosen it but it was for a book club. I got lost in it and didn’t want it to end

If it’s advertised as ‘as new’ then I expect it in pristine condition. I always complain if it’s not and usually get a refund. I’m picky and only like clean books so I expect to pay a bit more for them in that condition

That is so true!

Definitely D
Do your own thing cos you’ll never please everyone 😊

Christmas book haul
Show me yours please

November was a quiet book month - two monster books to start the month

It was a really good show thanks

Can I recommend this gorgeous book?

#booksky

June reading was a very mixed bunch!
From the best 5***** to a book I thought was dreadful and gave the lowest mark.
Safe to say I’m not a fan of Kate Atkinson but maybe this was not one of her better books.

Don’t give up on it! It took me quite a while to get into it and then I loved it and didn’t want it to end.

Genuinely - ‘Yes that’s good news’

Average for the month 4.3!
Normally it’s around 3.5.

I’m not usually so generous with my ratings! I just had a lucky month

After you’ve read ‘Lolita’ can I recommend ’Reading Lolita in Tehran’ by Azar Nafisi? It’s a really interesting book - partly literary criticism of Lolita and other books, partly political, partly about the lives of some women in Iran.

May was a very good month for the enjoyment of my reading.
‘James’ was a reread for a book group.
‘Lolita’ was inspired by reading ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ last month.
‘The Other Valley’ was an impulse buy but a good one
My brain is still buzzing with thoughts about many of them.

The poor old gardener took quite a hit!

“The gardener used to come twice a month, but then he increased his costs from £230 a year to £245 a year. We only have him come once every other month now.”

Found this in my garden

A visitor to my garden this morning

Oh do tell us what you made of Inspector Imanishi when you’ve finished it. I thought it was a bit different, quite charming really but maybe a bit slow in places.

It’s interesting on so many levels - there is brilliant literary criticism of the books she discusses with her students, there are moving accounts of those students lives under the harsh regime and it helped me to understand the political situation in Iran. I had to read it slowly and carefully!

My favourite was ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’, not an easy read but so so good.

Now that’s an eclectic mix!
Not my best month for enjoyment sadly

April was a quiet reading month - no reading at all on ten days - that’s quite unusual for me

I enjoyed ‘All the Little Bird Hearts’ by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow. The author and one of the main characters are autistic

There was a young lady from Thrace
Whose corsets would no longer lace
Her mother said “Nellie
There’s more in your belly
Than ever went in through your face!”

Sorry (not sorry)

A

Good morning insomniacs!

I don’t need it for social interaction but I do enjoy reading other peoples reviews

I’ve been using StoryGraph for a few months now and I love it. I agree that the ’moods’ are a bit random. I like to see the covers of my tbr pile. I also like the summary by month showing everything that I have read in various formats and also seeing how many pages I’ve read each month.