Goodreads blurb: In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost cost him his leg and… Read more “#bookreview The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley”
#audiobookreview Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman read by Cathleen McCarron
With thanks to Audible books for my free credit … Gail Honeyman seems to have written the realistic journal of a 30something single woman who has had… Read more “#audiobookreview Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman read by Cathleen McCarron”
#nominations for #NotTheBookerPrize2017
So there is a long, longlist of 150 books and the only way to whittle this down is to vote. There are some requirements of course, but… Read more “#nominations for #NotTheBookerPrize2017”
#bookreview Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Paperback, 470 pages Published April 20th 2017 by Penguin Books (first published July 26th 2016) Goodreads blurb: The new novel from Liane… Read more “#bookreview Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty”
#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas
Goodreads blurb: Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but… Read more “#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas”
An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project
As volunteer archivist for the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust, I have spent 6 months toiling with information management and cataloguing software to spur the direction of the… Read more “An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project”
#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
This a beautiful paperback published by Two Roads, with foil highlighting on front and back covers, and sprayed edges. From the inside cover: Georgian London, in the… Read more “#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 “
