Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
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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/
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#GetKeshed. 12th Feb.
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Today on the blog, a visit to Cyprus for #ReadIndiesMonth hosted by @kaggsy59.bsky.social “It’s not a brandy sour if it doesn't make you bitter.” (Constantia Soteriou, Brandy Sour) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/02/01/i...
“It’s not a brandy sour if it doesn’t make you bitter.” (Constantia Soteriou, Brandy Sour)
I first heard about Brandy Sour by Constantia Soteriou (2022, transl. Lina Protopara 2024) on Winston’s Dad’s blog – I thought quite recently but I can see it was August 2024! I get there eve…
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February 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
On the Ramblings today - looking back at January reading and thinking about February's books... kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/a...
A long month of reading! #january
January has felt, in many ways, like a very long month and yet at one point it seemed as if I’d read absolutely nothing at all, and that books were taking ages to finish. However, as you can …
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January 30, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Penultimate new episode up now. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch, with guest Ian Patterson in Socratic dialogue with @unamccormack.bsky.social Nicky Birch and me. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/256...
256. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch — Backlisted
Ian Patterson, author of  Books: A Manifesto  (W&N), returns to Backlisted for a joyful discussion of Iris Murdoch and her sixteenth novel  The Sacred and Profane Love Machine &nbsp...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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The next episode (10th Feb) will be the last for a while. Details are at the start of this one. Future plans can be found on the Patreon. www.patreon.com/backlisted
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January 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM
On the blog today, I spend time with a book by the bats but entertaining John Franklin Bardin - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/o...
“Oh, Philip, why can’t you remember?” #thelastofphilipbanter
Back in 2018, Mr Kaggsy presented me with an intriguing omnibus edition of three books by an author I’d never heard of – John Franklin Bardin. It seemed as if the author was quite obscu…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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We’re starting the new year with a round-up of some of the finest titles on the indie scene last year 🙌 🥳

Find the full list on our website. Shop with your local indie or bookshop.org to support the book trade, not Silicon Valley 😁

indiepressnetwork.com/best-of-2025/
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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2026 is already giving us plenty to talk about. Here’s a preview of what’s coming from our Recovered Books list this year, rediscovered by Neglected Books:
- Vengeance Is Mine (March 2026)
- An American Journey (May 2026)
- We Too Are Drifting (August 2026)
- Season's Greetings (November 2026)
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Well, despite the vast number of arrivals at Christmas, books have still continued to make their way into the Ramblings... Time for a short 🧵! First up, I needed some short for #JapaneseLiteratureChallenge and this fitted the bill!
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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‘D’you think she’s likely to live or not?’ said Paul. ‘Because if there’s any doubt perhaps I could use your telephone, Amabelle, to call up the jewellers and see if I’m in time to stop them engraving that mug…’ #BookSky 💙📚 #NancyMitford

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Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
First published in 1932, Christmas Pudding was one of Nancy Mitford’s early books, written before she hit the big time with her semi-autobiographical novels, In the Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love …
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January 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Today on the Ramblings, a stunning and evocative book which really captures a lost era - Souvenir by Michael Bracewell. H/T to @jacquiwine.bsky.social - this was the perfect gift for me! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/l...
“…late sunshine under clearing cloud…” #souvenir
There are times when a book has you from the first sentence or paragraph, and “Souvenir” by Michael Bracewell did just that. I’d never heard of book or author until lovely Jacqui …
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January 15, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Today on my blog: In The Spotlight: Nina Atwood’s The Expert Witness – Crime Writer Margot Kinberg share.google/d1AhhETQerbq...
In The Spotlight: Nina Atwood’s The Expert Witness
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January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Dead Ink has this on sale at the moment by the way, as part of their new year deals - half price! deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...
Unquiet Guests - Dead Ink Books
Featuring stories by: Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Will Maclean, Irenosen Okojie, Alison Moore, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Clay Macleod Chapman and Ally Wilkes.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Some thoughts on Joan O'Donovan's 1959 novel The Visited (and why she should really have picked one genre) www.stuckinabook.com/the-visited-...
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan is yet another book that I’ve read because of a post by Brad. Well, if he starts a post by talking about ‘misfit spinsters’, you know I&…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Ghost Town words on David Bowie from the ‘Stalking Time For The Moon Boys’ chapter #davidbowie
January 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM