Desperate Reader

Efforts to get in the Christmas spirit have taken a literal turn today. My tree is up, shopping well do the way to completion, and I've ...

I haven't really been feeling particularly Christmasy so far - and yes I know it's still early, but this preparatory part of the sea...

Why yes, I did actually buckle down and finally finishing a pile of half read books this weekend, and I'm continuing the good work into ...

I have an advance review copy of this book with a cover I actually like more than the finished hardback which is saving me from buying the f...

I've always enjoyed Jay Rayner's restaurant reviews so was happy to accept a review copy of this book, expecting to enjoy it. I'...

I started reading Richard Coles first murder mystery (Murder Before Evensong) in proof form just before it first came out, but only read the...

This is a very pretty book but it has - not exactly annoyed me, but it's not to my mind pretty enough to warrant the £9.99 price tag, an...

How do you catagorise E.T.A Hoffman? Romantic, surreal, magical realism, gothic, horror? I'm not really sure, I think he's mostly fi...

I've been in Scotland for a couple of days seeing family which has been lovely, something we did on Tuesday was go and see The Great Tap...

Happy Diwali and Halloween to anyone celebrating either - fireworks are in full swing in Leicester, where I expect them to be going off into...