Desperate Reader

Christmas and New Year have fallen reasonably well for me this year, in that I've got a reasonable amount of time not at work inbetween ...

It's here - work is done, I'm off for the next 3 days, and after that it's all considerably calmer anyway. It's not been an ...

One more day of work left before Christmas and I feel broken. Bone weary, and emotionally wrung out with the effort of shifting stock and be...

This is a collection of previously lost stories by big names in golden age detective fiction, selected and introduced by Tony Medawar. I bou...

Looking back at 2018 from the perspective of the solstice (why isn't the year arranged so that this is New Year's Eve?) it's bee...

Bookish twitter seems to be divided between people who are doing their top ten books of the year lists, and people who are worried they may ...

There are so many things that I loved about this book that I couldn't miss it out of this series of books and booze, but it's been b...

It's not been an especially good day, not least because I got soaked going both to and from work - always a treat. It's a filthy nig...

Another book high on my wish list for Christmas is Emily Wilson's translation of 'The Odyssey'. I have vivid memories of reading...

Alex Johnson's 'Shelf Life' is a delight, a collection of short pieces about books and reading by a range of writers and notable...