Tue 23 Mar 21: every Xmas I buy my daughter a ‘good book’ to read. This year she paid me … More

Tue 16 Feb 21: a few pages into this one and I thought I’d read this before … but it’s … More

Wed 3 Feb 21: easy to read but it’s not exactly great literature is it? But I do enjoy these … More

Thu 14 Jan 21: I’m aiming for one book a month and this is my first. It’s an easy enough … More

Thu 3 Dec 20: this is one of those clever books which is a book about a book and in … More

Mon 19 Oct 20: Kate Rhodes’ series based in the Scillies is high on body count and sadly low on … More

Tue 15 Sep 20: it took me a long time before I realised that I’d already read the sequel to … More

Wed 26 Aug 20: it’s a book you just want to keep on reading. It’s got great incidental humour, evocative … More

Wed 22 Jul 20: these are three writers I’ve ‘discovered’ this year and I’m ready to continue my acquaintance. Wordery … More

Mon 9 Sep 19: I was reading this in hospital and an Italian nurse asked me what I thought about … More