Every year, I set my Goodreads reading goal to 100 books. I’ve never once completed this, but considering I’m going on almost ten years of this ...

As always, I’m saving my books of the year for the 31st, and you’ll get my book stats (my favourite post) on the 29th, but today as in previous years ...

December 1, 2024December 2, 2024Well that was November. We had snow! I met my Dad’s puppy! Also there were fireworks for weeks, which is not great with a ...

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been a bit quiet lately- sorry about that! Frankly, I’ve just not been able to finish a book for a while. I ...

2024 has been very special for me and my books – it’s marked the ten year anniversary of Murder Most Unladylike, and ten years of my life as ...

As usual, I’ve started 2024 with my yearly Goodreads reading goal of 100 books! Maybe this year I’ll be successful. It’s unlikely that I’ll be ...

Happy New Year to you all! It’s traditional to set out one’s stall with reading plans for the year ahead. I was aiming to keep them ...

Happy New Year! Today seems a good day to try out an idea I’ve adapted from a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking On a World of Words with which I’m ...

LSE blogs regularly feature book reviews of the latest publications from across the social sciences and humanities. But which books were LSE blog editors ...

I have engaged in a practice of yearly reflection and intention setting for the past decade and a half. I look forward to it and start early, often ...