Desperate Reader

My Second nomination for reprint of the year, appropriately bought to you on the Winter solstice is Dramatic Murder - an aptly named mystery...

I read this book back in May when I picked it up off the top of the nearest pile to be read (there are always piles to be read) and absolute...

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...