Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
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Loves books and arts and culture and vegan food, and sharing thoughts about them! Blogs at https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/
For #GermanLitMonth - a fascinating piece of modernist literature from @twistedspoon.bsky.social - more on the blog!
On the Ramblings today - a remarkable new book from @twistedspoon.bsky.social which also works for #GLM2025 and #NovNov25! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...
“He was done with everything now” #twistedspoonpress
Twisted Spoon Press are a Prague-based publisher who produce a fascinating range of books, and I’ve written about a good number of titles here on the Ramblings. Their titles are often quirky,…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
For #GermanLitMonth - a fascinating piece of modernist literature from @twistedspoon.bsky.social - more on the blog!
On the Ramblings today - a remarkable new book from @twistedspoon.bsky.social which also works for #GLM2025 and #NovNov25! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...
“He was done with everything now” #twistedspoonpress
Twisted Spoon Press are a Prague-based publisher who produce a fascinating range of books, and I’ve written about a good number of titles here on the Ramblings. Their titles are often quirky,…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On the Ramblings today - a remarkable new book from @twistedspoon.bsky.social which also works for #GLM2025 and #NovNov25! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...
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Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
... in which I am slightly underwhelmed by Patrick Modiano... #novnov2025🫤 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/h...
“He seemed reluctant to speak”. #NovNov2025
An author who keeps reappearing on my radar is Patrick Modiano, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature back in 2014. I read his book “Search Warrant” in 2015 and did get a lot from it…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
... in which I am slightly underwhelmed by Patrick Modiano... #novnov2025🫤 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/h...
Today on the blog, for #MARM2025, I take a look at two different sides of the marvellous @margaretatwood.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/t...
Two different sides of Margaret Atwood! #MARM2025
For the past several years, Buried in Print has hosted a Margaret Atwood Reading Month in November, to celebrate the great Canadian author during the month of her birth. I’ve very much enjoye…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Today on the blog, for #MARM2025, I take a look at two different sides of the marvellous @margaretatwood.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/t...
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New on the blog today, I've written about SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by Lidija Hilje.
A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚
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A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚
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Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
Written in English (the author’s second language), Slanting Towards the Sea is the debut novel by the Croatian writer Lidija Hilje – a new name to me, but one I will be looking out for again in the…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by Lidija Hilje.
A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...
A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚
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For the afternoon crowd... Whilst in @dauntbooks.bsky.social last month I stumbled across an amazing little book about Proust from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/h...
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For the afternoon crowd... Whilst in @dauntbooks.bsky.social last month I stumbled across an amazing little book about Proust from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/h...
On the Ramblings today, I share my thoughts about 'Zombie Proust', a random find at @dauntbooks.bsky.social which turned out to be an incredible read! More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/h... @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
“He was better than a camera…” #ZombieProust
At the beginning of October, I had a lovely jaunt to London to do a little shopping with my BFF J. Our main mission was a visit to Daunt Books in Marylebone High Street, a bookshop I’d heard …
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
On the Ramblings today, I share my thoughts about 'Zombie Proust', a random find at @dauntbooks.bsky.social which turned out to be an incredible read! More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/h... @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
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Back at the Michael Werner Gallery in Mayfair today for another look at the POSTURES: JEAN RHYS IN THE MODERN WORLD exhibition, which includes various artworks in conversation with Rhys’ books.
Some interesting Brontë content here, for fans of their work! (Artworks by Celia Paul.) #art #BookSky 💙📚
Some interesting Brontë content here, for fans of their work! (Artworks by Celia Paul.) #art #BookSky 💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Charlotte is the main focus here, but this might be of interest to #Backlisted fans. (It runs through to 22 Nov.)
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Charlotte is the main focus here, but this might be of interest to #Backlisted fans. (It runs through to 22 Nov.)
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social
Charlotte is the main focus here, but this might be of interest to #Backlisted fans. (It runs through to 22 Nov.)
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Charlotte is the main focus here, but this might be of interest to #Backlisted fans. (It runs through to 22 Nov.)
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Dust off your German, Swiss and Austrian books and join us for #GermanLitMonth. beautyisasleepingcat.com/2025/11/01/w...
Welcome to German Literature Month XV November 2025
Welcome to German Literature Month XV Hopefully many of you have a nice selection of books or a reading list for #germanlitmonth. Remember – anything that was originally written in German ca…
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November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dust off your German, Swiss and Austrian books and join us for #GermanLitMonth. beautyisasleepingcat.com/2025/11/01/w...
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Winding Up the Week #445
As we step into November, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the 1961 Club, keep up with a variety of literary annive…
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November 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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This is wonderful. Brilliant guests and discussion. Have always thought the novel is so much about medium/s: narrators as mediums, the voicing and summoning of others, including the dead. A perfect Halloween listen
Hallowe'en special up now. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with guests Andrew Male and Laura Varnam in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. 🌬️🎃🧟 @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is wonderful. Brilliant guests and discussion. Have always thought the novel is so much about medium/s: narrators as mediums, the voicing and summoning of others, including the dead. A perfect Halloween listen
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On the blog today is my book list of all the books that I read in October 💙📚 #booksky
#authors @nansjar23.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @victoriagoldman.bsky.social @alicegmay.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social and more
#authors @nansjar23.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @victoriagoldman.bsky.social @alicegmay.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social and more
Reading Roundup October 2025 - #booklist
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
On the blog today is my book list of all the books that I read in October 💙📚 #booksky
#authors @nansjar23.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @victoriagoldman.bsky.social @alicegmay.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social and more
#authors @nansjar23.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @victoriagoldman.bsky.social @alicegmay.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social and more
For the afternoon/evening crowd, here's an image of what I read in October - more info on the blog plus thoughts about November's reading! 😀
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For the afternoon/evening crowd, here's an image of what I read in October - more info on the blog plus thoughts about November's reading! 😀
Looking back at October reading -
It was a cracking month! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/l...
It was a cracking month! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/l...
Looking back at a very busy and bookish October!
I can’t believe that we’re actually at the end of October; the year is flying by, scarily so, and the dreaded C-word will be on us before we know it! I did have a very good month of rea…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Looking back at October reading -
It was a cracking month! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/l...
It was a cracking month! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/l...
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A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by #JaneAusten after a second visit for #ReadingAusten2025 and #RIPxx. wp.me/sezD85-nabbey
“Born to be an heroine”: #ReadingAusten2025
William Beckford’s Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, 1796 to 1813, demolished 1845. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, in Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, introduction by R Bromley Johnson. J M Dent…
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October 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by #JaneAusten after a second visit for #ReadingAusten2025 and #RIPxx. wp.me/sezD85-nabbey
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@heavenalibooks.bsky.social @kaggsy59.bsky.social @pear-jelly.bsky.social @maxcairnduff.bsky.social Just in case you haven’t seen this programme…it’s all kinds of wonderful! #BarbaraPym #BookSky 💙📚
MISS PYM’s DAY OUT, on the iPlayer for the next 26 days, is delightful!
A drama doc about Barbara Pym’s trip to London for the Booker Prize ceremony - featuring Patricia Routledge as Pym, various Excellent Women and cameos from Jilly Cooper & Penelope Lively! #BookSky
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A drama doc about Barbara Pym’s trip to London for the Booker Prize ceremony - featuring Patricia Routledge as Pym, various Excellent Women and cameos from Jilly Cooper & Penelope Lively! #BookSky
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Miss Pym's Day Out: Bookmark
Dramatised documentary about the writer Barbara Pym, depicting one day in her life - 23 November 1977 - when she travelled to London to attend the Booker Prize ceremony.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
@heavenalibooks.bsky.social @kaggsy59.bsky.social @pear-jelly.bsky.social @maxcairnduff.bsky.social Just in case you haven’t seen this programme…it’s all kinds of wonderful! #BarbaraPym #BookSky 💙📚
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Treat yourself to a spooky @backlisted.bsky.social Hallowe’en special in which we summon the spirits of Brontës past 🎃 👻
Hallowe'en special up now. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with guests Andrew Male and Laura Varnam in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. 🌬️🎃🧟 @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Treat yourself to a spooky @backlisted.bsky.social Hallowe’en special in which we summon the spirits of Brontës past 🎃 👻
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‘Independent publishing is facing an existential crisis’: illustrated.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
‘Independent publishing is facing an existential crisis’: illustrated.
On the Ramblings today, my thoughts on a fabulous new anthology of impossible crimes from @blpublishing.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/f...
“Frankly, the facts are exasperating.” #GACrime #BLCC
If you’ve ever thought that locked room mysteries must be a bit boring or repetitive, a new anthology from British Library Publishing will go a long way in dispelling those ideas! “As I…
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October 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
On the Ramblings today, my thoughts on a fabulous new anthology of impossible crimes from @blpublishing.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/f...
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A late addition to the #1925Club with a book that may or may not have been published in 1925:
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The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars
Maurice Dekobra (actually Ernest-Maurice Tessier, his pseudonym apparently inspired by an encounter with a snake charmer in North Africa) was perhaps the most famous novelist in France between the …
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A late addition to the #1925Club with a book that may or may not have been published in 1925:
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This is my 2nd Celia Fremlin book after the riveting The Hours Before Dawn. She reminds me of du Maurier, her eye for weakness deliciously, almost predatorily precise. It’s as if each page draws back the bow and arrow, strings tightening until the final release. Only 2 stories in and it’s a banger.
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is my 2nd Celia Fremlin book after the riveting The Hours Before Dawn. She reminds me of du Maurier, her eye for weakness deliciously, almost predatorily precise. It’s as if each page draws back the bow and arrow, strings tightening until the final release. Only 2 stories in and it’s a banger.
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My new blog post on Lydia Chukovskaya's brilliant, chilling, tragic novella, SOFIA PETROVNA. Translated from the Russian by Aline Werth.
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Sofia Petrovna – Lydia Chukovskaya (tr. Aline Werth)
I read Sofia Petrovna back in August for ‘WITMonth’, but I’m only now getting around to writing about it! An excellent, tragic novella, this book was recently published by the wonderful Persephone …
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October 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
My new blog post on Lydia Chukovskaya's brilliant, chilling, tragic novella, SOFIA PETROVNA. Translated from the Russian by Aline Werth.
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