Historical fiction, taking in mysticism, folk tale and the 17th century’s Thirty Years War, with a light touch and sly humour
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June 2021 round up
It’s been a challenging month, with my daughter still recovering at home from extensive orthopaedic surgery, and reluctantly doing some home schooling from the sofa. We’ve been sharing a sofa bed downstairs for two months while she needs care in the night, and at 14 she could really do without her mum sharing a bedroom …
20 Books of Summer 2021
My summer reading plans!
Mini catch-up: other books and films and stuff
What else I’ve been doing recently
Oscar-nominated Romanian film Collective (Review no 152)
My review of the Oscar-nominated Romanian health-care scandal documentary Collectivee
March 2021 Round-up
I’ve read a few great books this month, after splurging on a handful of newly released hardbacks (well, the library’s shut so…. and never mind all the unread books around the house). The most enjoyable read was Canadian author Emily St Mandel’s 2020 release The Glass Hotel. I’d loved Station Eleven a few years back, …
February 2021 Round-up
Monthly round-up for February 2021
February 2021 TBR
I had a birthday this week, so my TBR pile, officially already out of control, has become even more so. Four books arrived from my parents, I unwrapped a book each from my son and my youngest daughter, and a pal dropped off a book, so my new pile looks like this (including the two …
Cultural Plans for November 2020
My reading and other plans for November 2020
A Rare Sighting of my TBR Shelf
Normal service will resume on the blog later this week, but in the meantime I’ve spent a happy hour ‘arranging’ all my unread books, double stacked and higgeldy-piggeldy, on a single shelf. This is an attempt to persuade myself to use the time when I would otherwise be shopping for books, or going out, or …
Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 