Desperate Reader

There are far more than ten books on this pile, and plenty more which look great. I had reading commitments last year that I entirely failed...

Finally sneaking in just before the end of January. I like looking back on what I've read in the previous year, there are the obvious bo...

It's been a busy few weeks, not helped by my old washing machine finally giving up the ghost - the last time a plumber caught sight of i...

I meant to finish off my top ten books of 2021 list tonight, but I've been thinking a lot about the murder of Ashling Murphy and some co...

I've been up to the Scottish borders for a bit of wedding research and a family catch-up - not something I take for granted in current t...

The closest thing I've made to New Year's resolutions this year is to promptly read some of the books I got for Christmas, and not t...

After reading 'Murder on a Winter's Night', just finishing 'Murder After Christmas' from the British Library Crime Class...

It's 12th night, I've finally started my Christmas, now rechristened as twelfth, cake and am cheerfully reading murder mysteries. Th...

Looking at Facebook memories from a couple of years ago I see, with quite a lot of guilt, that so far I've only read one of the books I ...

A day early, but the sentiment is the same. It's been a full on kind of a week. Back at work on boxing day, over to Nottingham working t...