My family don’t even bat an eyelid when I arrive back on Bathurst Island and on their doorstep with my belongings

When I decided in January that I would continue hosting Reading Independent Publishers month, my first instinct was of course to make a pile of possible reads. I mean, what’s more fun than di…

Last night at the theatre, we saw a stage version of Svetlana Alexievich’s book, The Unwomanly Face of War (1983). Here’s the blurb of the book: This book is a confession, a document and a record of people's memory. More than 200 women speak in it, describing how young girls, who dreamed of becoming brides, became soldiers in 1941. More than 500,000 Soviet women participated on a par with men in the Second World War, the most terrible war of the 20th century.

Home Truths by David Lodge (1999) French title : Les quatre vérités. Translated by Suzanne V. Mayoux. Bad Attitude by Agnes Owens (2003) Not available in French. I have read several David Lodge who was very popular in France. The Campus Trilogy, The British Museum Is Falling Down, How Far Can You Go? and Deaf Sentence…

Dénoncées depuis des mois par les démocrates et la société civile, les méthodes de la police fédérale de l’immigration américaine commencent également à susciter l’indignation dans le camp républicain...

Reading Plans ! January, brand new year, brand new reading plans. I’m always like a kid in a candy store when I’m in front of bookshelves. I want to read all the books at once but I can’t. So …

My shelves may be delivered and built by the time this post comes out – here’s to hoping anyway. So my current obsession with home libraries may be coming to an end, but not before we a…

This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of lit…

Reading Plans ! January, brand new year, brand new reading plans. I’m always like a kid in a candy store when I’m in front of bookshelves. I want to read all the books at once but I can’t. So I’m making plans to read books from the TBR, to share books with friends and family, to focus on my own wishes and mix my reading plans with blogging events as much as I can.

Read "Black Storms" by Teresa Solana available from Rakuten Kobo. A country that doesn't acknowledge its past is destined to repeat its mistakes. Why murder a sick old man nearing retire...

One Minus One by Ruth Doan Macdougall. (1971) Not available in French. I discovered One Minus One by Ruth Doan Macdougall via Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust and her rediscoveries. That’s how I also read The Girls From the Five Great Valleys by Elizabeth Savage and The Last Night at the Ritz also by Elizabeth Savage. (both recommended) One Minus One…

On the blog last week Monday - I shared my Q&A with Jodie Morgan, author of cozy mystery Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival, plus an excerpt from the book. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Most Recent Additions To My Bookshelf. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next...

He walked so well here. The snow-covered mountains seemed so low and distant in the moonlight, and here and there touches of starlight glittered against the glossy-black nighttime ice. Such a walk …

This week, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce a selection of big literary challenges, keep up with a variety of liter…

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I’d planned to read Barbara Comyns’ A Touch of Mistletoe (1967) in December for obvious reasons, but I fell behind with my plans as always. Despite the title it’s not a Christmas book at all, and i…

It’s that time of year again! Time to look back on my 2025 reading adventures. I had set personal goals, with projects like Tame the TBR, Reading with Séverine or the Gallmeister Challenge. They we…

I started my 2025 slowly. I didn’t read for most of January. I was busy with cleaning the house and with other house work. I didn’t even go to the book fair. But towards the end of Janu…