Desperate Reader

It's been quite a month and one that I won't be sorry to see the back of. I'm still distinctly anemic, my dad broke his hand, mu...

probably because I work in a bookshop nobody ever gives me book tokens, which is a shame because I love them. They're something we sell ...

This is a mildly embarrassing confession, but although I've read The Odyssey, I haven't read Emily Wilson's translation yet - de...

I'm finally beginning to feel like all the meds are doing some good and that I might be able to leave not just my sofa, but even my flat...

This week went seriously sideways on Thursday when I ended up in A&E and then admitted to gynecology. A month ago, or 5 weeks on Monday,...

Twelve new stories, twelve great writers, one Agatha Christie. This is another book that did well last Christmas in hardback and is now doin...

It's a terrible admission to make, but not only do I not own a copy of Polpo, I've never even really read it. Brutto came in briefly...

Amy Jeff's Storyland (lovely children;s edition now available) was a big hit in hardback my first Christmas back in bookshops, and then ...

I love a good ghost story, and as I've said (more than once) they're not just for Halloween - or perhaps it's more accurate to s...

A very long time ago the friend I lost to cancer this summer gave me a collection of A. S. Byatt short stories as a Christmas present - I th...