This post originally appeared seven years ago on my old, much loved (by me) reader blog, Isn’t it Romance? It reminded me that sometimes happy endings aren’t luxuries but necessities. ——————————————- I love the novels of E M Forster but my favourite is Maurice, a novel he finished in 1914 but which was not published until after his […]
I know. I only just blogged about a Josh Lanyon book a couple of weeks ago. What can I say? It takes something to move me to blog these days. It takes this. The Parting Glass is a sequel to In A Dark Wood, a suspense story Lanyon wrote a few years ago which SPOILER ALERT ended
I’ve fallen out of the habit of blogging. In the online world, I’ve been perennially behind the curve. Late to Twitter, later to Facebook, very, very late to Goodreads. But even I have to admit it is no longer 2008 (oh the heady days of the blogoverse back then!) I stopped writing my old regular blog over a
This book – or rather these two volumes of a planned trilogy – have garnered a lot of attention recently. Janine Ballard wrote an excellent review over at Dear Author, Sunita has posted some thoughts on the first part of volume 1, and a number of people, including yours truly got into long chats on Twitter about
It’s time to talk about my readerly activities again. I enjoyed lots of good books over Christmas and new year so I’m spoiled for choice. First up is Ricochet by Xanthe Walter. Since reading this debut novel, I’ve discovered that Ms Walter is a longstanding writer of slash fanfic and that it was while writing
I think I’m going to make this a regular feature because I miss blogging about reading and enjoyed writing this post. Here are some impressions and observations on five recent reads: 1. Hot Head by Damon Suede This book got a lot of attention on its release last year. Why did it take me so
