Category: 2026

  • April 2026

    The Tin Nose Shop – Don J Snyder I don’t like being told what to read. Now that I am old I want to make my own choices and even friends suggesting books that they wish to lend me has a certain responsibility attached. To be polite I really ought to read the kind offering! […]

  • March 2026

    The Strike Novels – Robert Galbraith I feel I should have bookish indigestion having just read the first four Strike novels in very quick succession. However, I don’t. Instead, I feel replete, a very full, satisfied feeling as though I had just eaten an excellent meal. That surely must be the sign of some great […]

  • February 2026

    The Strike Novels: Robert Galbraith I feel I should have bookish indigestion having just read the first four Strike novels in very quick succession. However, I don’t. Instead, I feel replete, a very full, satisfied feeling as though I had just eaten an excellent meal. That surely must be the sign of some great writing. […]

  • January 2026

    The Poisoned King – Katherine Rundell I have read the first of this series of books: Impossible Creatures, and have written about it on my blog: beyondtheairingcupboard.co.uk, and having read that, I was eager for the sequel. The narrative, the plot, the characterisation are all brilliant but there is so much more. The author is […]