Books
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Best Books of 2025
Happy solstice! I am emerging from a deadline bubble and moving almost immediately into a hibernation bubble, but I’m not going to let the year pass without inflicting upon you a list of books I think you should read, whether you’d enjoy them or not. I set a reading goal on Goodreads to read 70… Continue reading
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri, The Red Market by Scott Carney, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey, This Enchanted Life by Sharon Blackie -
Read, If You Like: ‘Julie Chan is Dead’ by Liann Zhang
Hello hello, I’m chilly and it’s raining. I’ve been hearing about the UK’s false autumn so I’m grateful for rain, but I really enjoyed not having cold knees. And not having to put on socks. And not laundering socks. Where do they go. I’ve almost finished The Lord of the Rings. I didn’t flick between… Continue reading
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Best Books of 2025 So Far
Long time no chitchat. It feels a long time, because I was working on the final module of the semester when I last wrote and now the film debuted two months ago. How’s your summer? Done anything fun? Raged against the machine? Me too, if you count working on mirrornovel as an alternative to reading… Continue reading
book blog, book chatter, book recommendations 2025, book reviews, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab, Francesca's Thoughts, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang, Roots of Chaos, Susanna Clarke, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater -
End of May Check In & Chatter
Hello and a very belated happy May! I was vaguely planning to write this month about a few books I’ve read recently, but then it took me two months to finish one of the best non fiction books I’ve read for ages, The Enchanted Life, and I think it might take me two more months… Continue reading