Dave G ~ espressococo book blog

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Sounds like a little village in the hills of Yorkshire

I’m not optimistic!

Are we taking bets on whether we’ll be accepted?

Book 12 of the year. The Death of Us by Abigail Dean. Bought it yesterday at @stockportnoir.bsky.social, read it in one go this afternoon. Beautiful, tense, heartbreaking, utterly loved it

I loved those books!

Ruth Ware, Sam Holland, Abigail Dean and myself in the green room at Stockport Noir

An absolutely fantastic day at @stockportnoir.bsky.social! Loved my panel with genre legends @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social, Abigail Dean and @samhollandbooks.bsky.social, wonderfully chaired by Kelly Peck. Huge thanks to everyone who came along and @serenitybookshop.bsky.social!

I forgot to take my blog one!

Another fantastic @stockportnoir.bsky.social done. So many great panels, so much bookish chat with lovely authors and book bloggers. Roll on 2027!

Another @stockportnoir.bsky.social purchase. Abigail Dean’s The Death of Us. Heard so many good things

Mike I can hear my arteries crying

I’ve put on a kilo just looking at that

Books of January 2026

Finally approaching the end of January, which feels like it's been going on FOREVER. The plus side of which is that I've got a lot of reading done! Eleven books is a lot, even for me, though it was helped by being struck down with an awful cold and confined to bed for four…

Books of January 2026 Finally approaching the end of January, which feels like it’s been going on FOREVER. The plus side of which is that I’ve got a lot of reading done! Eleven books is a lot, even for me, t…

Books of January 2026. I've read 11 books this month, so here are some short and snappy thoughts on each.
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Books of January 2026

Finally approaching the end of January, which feels like it's been going on FOREVER. The plus side of which is that I've got a lot of reading done! Eleven books is a lot, even for me, though it was helped by being struck down with an awful cold and confined to bed for four…

Digital ARCs are so much easier. I used to get sent a lot of physical ARCs, often unsolicited and they’d end up in a pile. I’d try and read/review as many as possible, but there’s only so many hours in the day. I’d much rather get an email asking if I wanted to look at a copy first

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Same. Though my NetGalley ratio really needs some work. I need to catch up on my review backlog...

Fantastic list - I was already following most but some fresh names in there!

Seconded. How very dare they. Outrage etc.

The cover of MORTEDANT's PERIL, two towers with flames and crows in between. It does involve flames, towers and crows. But not hobbits so don't be misled by references to two towers.

ARCs of MORTEDANT's PERIL are moving out in the world and it's always a weird feeling; 'what are readers thinking?' Sadly, it's frowned on in publishing to hire a PI to track them down, kidnap them and bring them to a warehouse for questioning. Which, for the author, is very frustrating.

I’ll wear the shorts but the crop top doesn’t suit me

Very much looking forward to @stockportnoir.bsky.social on Saturday. Loved it last year, might have to hide my credit card though. Who else is going?

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Pasta lasts forever, you’d be fine

Noticed in the nick of time that the milk I was about to put on my cereal went out of date last Thursday.
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Shadowy figure holding book surrounded by smoke and fire and a pair of yellow eyes in the darkness.

New review on the Gram

I urge you to add The Hollow Boys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social to your Wish List immediately.

Out 14th May from @viperbooks.bsky.social

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Book 10 of the year. The Night Watcher by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social . Loved this. Callie Munro is a great character.