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#bookblogger at https://nitter.cf/t.co/TUEf3B2CfJ. #bookreviewer. Love reading literary fiction and translated fiction. Ambassador for authors/publishers from #Wales

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It's the last week of #ReadIndies and on the blog I share my thoughts on a gripping political thriller from @CorylusB - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.word…
“… stay under the radar.” #readindies #corylusbooks

“… stay under the radar.” #readindies #corylusbooks

I’m happy to be able to share my thoughts today on a book from a really interesting indie press – Corylus Books. As I mentioned when I reviewed another title they released, “Black…

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Forty Autumns by Nina Willner — resilience and hope across the Berlin Wall bookertalk.com/forty-autumns… via @BookerTalk
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Reading Update: April 2025 bookertalk.com/reading-updat… via @BookerTalk
Reading Update: April 2025 :

Reading Update: April 2025 :

It’s hard to believe we’ve just said farewell to April because we’re in the midst of a spell of exceptionally hot weather. The thermometer reached 24C this week which would be high even in mid summer...

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At Mrs Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor — a world in limbo bookertalk.com/at-mrs-lippin… via @BookerTalk
At Mrs Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor — a world in limbo :

At Mrs Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor — a world in limbo :

I’ve had mixed experiences with Elizabeth Taylor’s novels over the years. Maybe my expectations were set too high by all the praised heaped upon her in the blogosphere but of the three novels I’ve...

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Have you ever asked yourself the question - "Why do I read? " calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com…

Why do I read?

Pexels.com It’s in the title – CalmgroveBooks is a book blog. Other than as a record of my reading it’s not a diary in any but a general sense, nor is it posted online to persuade you t…

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No 253 Under The Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey 746books.com/2025/04/10/no-2… via @cathy746books
No 253 Under The Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey

No 253 Under The Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey

I was keen to read Under The Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey for a couple of reasons. I enjoy true crime and I was impressed by her fictionalised account of the life of Peggy Guggenheim which was posthum…

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At Mrs Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor — a world in limbo bookertalk.com/at-mrs-lippin… via @BookerTalk
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What am I reading? An Irish bestseller and the latest in a long-standing Canadian crime series bookertalk.com/what-im-readi…
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#ReadingWales25 - Nut Press picks 12 Favourite Welsh Novels bookertalk.com/readingwales2… via @BookerTalk @katheastman
#ReadingWales25 - Nut Press picks 12 Favourite Welsh Novels :

#ReadingWales25 - Nut Press picks 12 Favourite Welsh Novels :

Reading Wales Month has been full of surprises with many people finding authors and books that are new to me. I hope you’ve spotted titles you’d love to add to your TBR — – maybe in time for Readin...

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My Beautiful Imperial by Rhiannon Lewis is a beautifully written novel set against real life events in Chile #ReadingWales25 booksplease.org/2025/03/31/m…
My Beautiful Imperial by Rhiannon Lewis

My Beautiful Imperial by Rhiannon Lewis

I’m cutting this fine as today is the last day of the Reading Wales Month 2025 hosted by Karen at BookerTalk.  Yesterday I posted my review of Resistance by Owen Sheers. I’ve also read …

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Victim of the Aurora by Thomas Keneally bookertalk.com/victim-of-the… via @BookerTalk #bookreview #Antarctica
Victim of the Aurora by Thomas Keneally :

Victim of the Aurora by Thomas Keneally :

According to a report I read recently, the British explorer Preet Chandi is putting the final touches to an expedition which she hopes will make her the first woman to travel solo to the North Pole....

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Another outing for Ethel Lina White in #ReadingWales25 . Simon reviews The Spiral Staircase - stuckinabook.com/the-spiral-… via @stuck_inabook
The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White – #ReadingWales25

The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White – #ReadingWales25

I have Karen to thank for highlighting the fact that Ethel Lina White was Welsh – Karen contributed a review of Fear Stalks The Village to Reading Wales Month, which is run by a different blo…

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Reading Wales Month: Tishani Doshi & Ruth Janette Ruck (#ReadingWales25) bookishbeck.com/2025/03/28/r… via @bookishbeck
Reading Wales Month: Tishani Doshi & Ruth Janette Ruck (#ReadingWales25)

Reading Wales Month: Tishani Doshi & Ruth Janette Ruck (#ReadingWales25)

It’s my first time participating in Reading Wales Month, hosted this year by Karen of BookerTalk. I happened to be reading a collection by a Welsh-Gujarati poet, and added a Welsh hill farming memo…

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Reading Wales Book Reviews: The Winter Waif, The Workhouse Girl and The Cobbler's Apprentice #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadingWales2025 carlalovestoread.wordpress.c… via @CarlaLoveToRead
Reading Wales Book Reviews: The Winter Waif, The Workhouse Girl and The Cobbler’s Apprentice...

Reading Wales Book Reviews: The Winter Waif, The Workhouse Girl and The Cobbler’s Apprentice...

Paula at BookJotter launched Reading Wales in 2018 because — in her words — she “wanted to wanted to introduce as many non-Welsh-speaking readers as possible to the literature of my country.” This …

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Time travel to a medieval Welsh castle via The Gauntlet (1951) by Ronald Welch #ReadingWales25 classiclaurie.com/2025/03/25…
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Mysterious lights and questions of the Holy Grail can be found in The Great Return by Arthur Machen #ReadingWalesMonth25 calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com…
Glory! Glory! #ReadingWalesMonth25

Glory! Glory! #ReadingWalesMonth25

‘The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail’ designed by Edward Burne-Jones. The Great Return (1915) by Arthur Machen, in The White People and Other Weird Stories;foreword by Guillerm…

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Marking #ReadingWales25 with a classic crime novel "...like a garrotter, it lurked in the shadows..." @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks kaggsysbookishramblings.word…
“…like a garrotter, it lurked in the shadows…” #ReadingWales25 @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks

“…like a garrotter, it lurked in the shadows…” #ReadingWales25 @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks

Choosing a book for the Reading Wales/Dewithon event is always such fun! This year it’s being run by Booker Talk, and it’s an event I’m keen to join; so I had a bit of a rummage o…

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The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone by Alex McCarthy #ReadingWalesMonth25 calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com…
Light and shade: #ReadingWalesMonth25

Light and shade: #ReadingWalesMonth25

Photo: C A Lovegrove. The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Boneby Alex McCarthy.Penguin Books, 2024 (2023). ‘For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather…’ For shade …

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Spent the weekend finishing this beauty for #ReadingIreland.I think it's his best novel ever....
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It's years since I last visited #York. A visit is long overdue...
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