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The Coast Of Everything by Guillermo Stitch What Da Cover Says: “To find the center, begin at the edge . . . ​A daughter’s devotion parts her from her father. A dutiful soldier sentences his child to a loveless exile and her mother to madnes…

My review of The Coast of Everything by @guillermostitch.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/t... Loved it, proper epic piece of work @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books

A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti What Da Cover Says: The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller’s “Into the Night Life” and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them…

My Review of A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/a... nice collection of poems #poetry

Shamans: The Visual Culture of Animism, Healing and Journeys to Other Planes by Max Carocci What Da Cover Says: Around the world, shamanic traditions dating back thousands of years are being revived, recovered, and reinvented. Many people are increasingly turning to shamanic practices and…

my review of Shamans: The Visual Culture of Animism, Healing and Journeys to Other Planes by Max Carocci felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/s... available from @thamesandhudson.bsky.social

Just finished the Max Carocci book, well impressed with it

Otherless by Ferris Wheel Fox What Da Cover Says: Marcia Gordon, a future cult leader, starts an arts and crafts club at her high school. What I Says: I was tidying up at work and found a print out of this book, no idea where I…

My review of Otherless by Ferris Wheel Fox felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/o... an interesting story that was well written.

Album review: Get Sad by The Restless Coast Band: The Restless Coast Album: Get Sad Format: Vinyl No. of Tracks: 11 Track Listing: Everything’s Tragic Carry On Complaining Sigh, Sigh My Darling Just Shoot Me Succeedophobe Sleepless In …

My review of Get Sad by @therestlesscoast.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a... First ever music review on me blog and starting with a fantastic album. #musicreview

The Golden Mole: And Other Living Treasure by Katherine and Rundell illustrated by Tayla Baldwin What Da Cover Says: A pangolin’s tongue is longer than its body. It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip A swift flies 200,000 miles in its lifetime. That’s far enough to get t…

My review of The Golden Mole: And Other Living Treasure by Katherine and Rundell illustrated by Tayla Baldwin felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/t... Lovely book, get yourself a copy and a second one as a gift. #books

Yep, more than I had ever considered. Thanks

Three Rivers: The Extraordinary Waterways That Made Europe by Robert Winder What Da Cover Says: Three of Europe’s greatest rivers share the same geological one fertile patch of Alpine ice in the jagged heights of central Switzerland. Coursing down through the peaks, …

My review of Three Rivers: The Extraordinary Waterways That Made Europe by Robert Winder felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/t... available from @eandtbooks.bsky.social #books

We Are All Adrift by David Banning and Iain Sharpe What Da Cover Says: Weaving together fragments of artists’ stories across time and place, David Banning embarks on a Sebaldian exploration of the enduring legacy of harbours and the sea. In a post-…

My review of We Are All Adrift by David Banning and Iain Sharpe felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/w... #books

Wrongful by Lee Upton What Da Cover Says: When the famous novelist Mira Wallacz goes missing at the festival devoted to celebrating her work, the attendees assume the worst—and some hope for the worst. Ten years after t…

My review of Wrongful by @leeupton.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w... clever book this @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books

Vanish Wales: Places Lost In Living Memory by Carwyn Jones What Da Cover Says: Vanished Wales: Places Lost in Living Memory is the book to accompany one of ITV Cymru Wales’ most popular shows. It explores the fascinating stories of lost landmarks: pla…

My review of Vanished Wales: Places lost in living memory by Carwyn Jones felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/v... well worth a read. Available from @serenbooks.bsky.social #books

Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire by Paul Beaver What Da Cover Says: Reginald Mitchell is one of the greatest names in aviation history. A visionary engineer with a passion for speed, his legacy is the most iconic fighter aircraft of all the Spit…

My review of Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire by Paul Beaver felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/m... Very interesting topic. #bookreview available from @eandtbooks.bsky.social

Cocaine Eyes by Michael Keenaghan What Da Cover Says: WELCOME TO THE CRIMINAL HEART OF LONDON. Meet the coppers who do things their own way, street gangs on the rampage, traditional villains, sightseeing hitmen, dedicated smash and…

My review of Cocaine Eyes by Michael Keenaghan felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/c... Fantastic exploration of London's dark heart. #bookreview

Yeah, nother weekend over and more work beckons.

How ya doing matey

TIDBITS Volume 1 by CJ Stark What Da Cover Says: A menace.A tech savvy frog.A demon that cleans.Parks.And a suspicious number of ducks. A collection of humorous and absurd poems (one even rhymes!) from Jack CJ Stark. What I Sa…

my review of TIDBITS volume 1 by @jackcjstark.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/t... Highly recommend you read this quirky collection of poems #Bookreview

Descanso by Jay Spencer Green What Da Cover Says: Drug-dealer, brothelkeeper, devoted sibling, spy, Manuel Estímulo expected his retirement on a remote desert island in the Atlantic to be one long, well-deserved rest, a descans…

My review of Descanso by @jayspencergreen.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/d... Brill book crammed full of important facts #books

The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White What Da Cover Says: A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Dai…

My review of The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/t... got my copy from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social #naturewriting

The Only Wolf Is Time by Dan Tremaglio What Da Cover Says: Air is a graffiti artist and self-described street hermit who spends his nights in urban encampments and days in public libraries, reading up on physics and ancient philosophy, …

My review of The Only Wolf Is Time by Dan Tremaglio felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/t... this was a fun read. Thanks to @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #BookReview

Today is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay, and we're reading @pollyrowena.bsky.social's Wainwright longlisted book, #TheCompanyOfOwls...

‘I couldn’t put down this warm and comforting, beautiful book.’ Ajay Tegala, author of Wetland Diaries

Order at @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/3H80cfk
#Owls

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Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece By Julian Hoffman What Da Cover Says: A story of shelter, generosity and welcome. A story of searching for home in the mountains and lakes of northern Greece. In the summer of 2000, Julian Hoffman and his wife Julia…

My review of Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/l... Fantastic book this un from @eandtbooks.bsky.social #bookreview

The Road by Cormac McCarthy What Da Cover Says: In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The landscap…

My review of the Road by Cormac McCarthy felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t... Not as many laughs as I expected. #books

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte What Da Cover Says: Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. …

My review of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/j... Fantastic novel this un. #bookreview

A Ballet Of Lepers by Leonard Cohen What Da Cover Says: Written between 1956 in Montreal, just as Cohen was publishing his first poetry collection, and 1961, when he’d settled on Greece’s Hydra island, the pieces in this collection o…

My review of A Ballet of Lepers by Leonard Cohen felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/a... good book this un. available from @canongate.co.uk

Think it might be a leafcutter bee.

Horror Movie time: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (only 7 more Draculas to complete the challenge) #HorrorMovies

Sorry. Well windy here. I reckon it was one of those armpit bees