Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
@kaggsy59.bsky.social
Loves books and arts and culture and vegan food, and sharing thoughts about them! Blogs at https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/
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! 😀
Some lovely little @renardpress.com books spotted in the wild yesterday at the equally lovely @dauntbooks.bsky.social ! 😊📚💙
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Some lovely little @renardpress.com books spotted in the wild yesterday at the equally lovely @dauntbooks.bsky.social ! 😊📚💙
September was a brilliant month for reading - here's a picture of what I enjoyed, and you can read more about them, plus plans for October, here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
September was a brilliant month for reading - here's a picture of what I enjoyed, and you can read more about them, plus plans for October, here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...
And finally! The latest title from @renardpress.com as part of my monthly sub. This time it's a new translation of Lorca's "Gypsy Ballads" in a gorgeous edition with French flaps. Currently feeling very blessed by books! #booksky 😊📚
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And finally! The latest title from @renardpress.com as part of my monthly sub. This time it's a new translation of Lorca's "Gypsy Ballads" in a gorgeous edition with French flaps. Currently feeling very blessed by books! #booksky 😊📚
It's currently #ShortStorySeptember and so a new release from @mikewalmer.bsky.social "No Such Thing as a Free Lunch", a collection by the massively underrated Rosalind Brackenbury will be the perfect read for the event!
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's currently #ShortStorySeptember and so a new release from @mikewalmer.bsky.social "No Such Thing as a Free Lunch", a collection by the massively underrated Rosalind Brackenbury will be the perfect read for the event!
Next in, a pair of titles from @blpublishing.bsky.social in the Crime Classics range - I love their anthologies and I love a lost classic so both are perfect for me! 😊📚
September 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Next in, a pair of titles from @blpublishing.bsky.social in the Crime Classics range - I love their anthologies and I love a lost classic so both are perfect for me! 😊📚
Time to share a few nice recent #bookish arrivals! First up, courtesy the author Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social "Ring the Hill" - current reading and loving it!
September 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Time to share a few nice recent #bookish arrivals! First up, courtesy the author Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social "Ring the Hill" - current reading and loving it!
I blame you for this @jacquiwine.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄
August 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I blame you for this @jacquiwine.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄
And I have gone on a bit of a @littletollerbooks.bsky.social binge - the Hoskins was from the lovely Oxfam book shop in Woodbridge, the rest from online sources.... Gorgeous! 📚
August 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And I have gone on a bit of a @littletollerbooks.bsky.social binge - the Hoskins was from the lovely Oxfam book shop in Woodbridge, the rest from online sources.... Gorgeous! 📚
I have been very lucky with #bookpost in recent days! First up, this month's @renardpress.com sub included two beautiful new signed limited edition Renard Editions of books by @iainhoodwriter.bsky.social - I loved one of these, and and looking forward to the other one! Wonderful stuff! 😊📚
August 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I have been very lucky with #bookpost in recent days! First up, this month's @renardpress.com sub included two beautiful new signed limited edition Renard Editions of books by @iainhoodwriter.bsky.social - I loved one of these, and and looking forward to the other one! Wonderful stuff! 😊📚
On the road - or rather the train! - for my summer travels. As always, with Kerouac in tow!
July 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
On the road - or rather the train! - for my summer travels. As always, with Kerouac in tow!
And here's what I read in June!! 😊📚
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And here's what I read in June!! 😊📚
Coming out soon from @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social - a new translation of a book I've not read for decades, Nadja by Breton. Many thanks for the review copy! 😊📚
June 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Coming out soon from @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social - a new translation of a book I've not read for decades, Nadja by Breton. Many thanks for the review copy! 😊📚
A lovely review copy just in from @galileobooks.bsky.social - thank you so much! ☺📚
June 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A lovely review copy just in from @galileobooks.bsky.social - thank you so much! ☺📚
Sharing my latest delivery from @renardpress.com - some gorgeous little books, and I highly recommend taking out a subscription from them! ☺📚
June 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sharing my latest delivery from @renardpress.com - some gorgeous little books, and I highly recommend taking out a subscription from them! ☺📚
Here’s the actual books I read! 🤣
May 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Here’s the actual books I read! 🤣
Book available from @oldstpublishing.bsky.social - it's excellent!
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Book available from @oldstpublishing.bsky.social - it's excellent!
On the Ramblings today, it's my turn on the #blogtour for a new book in the Futures series from @melvillehouse.bsky.social - The Future of Gardens by Mark Lane. More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/g...
May 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On the Ramblings today, it's my turn on the #blogtour for a new book in the Futures series from @melvillehouse.bsky.social - The Future of Gardens by Mark Lane. More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/g...
TFW you repurchase a book you’ve donated by mistake only to find it’s made its way back to you from @shakespeareandcompany.com via the USA… 😊😳
May 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
TFW you repurchase a book you’ve donated by mistake only to find it’s made its way back to you from @shakespeareandcompany.com via the USA… 😊😳
For the afternoon crowd... here are the books I read in April! You can read more about them here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/a...
April 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For the afternoon crowd... here are the books I read in April! You can read more about them here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/a...
And finally (drumroll...) An ARC in from lovely @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social of the forthcoming Ian Penman book. I love his writing and love Satie, so I'm so happy to be covering this one! Thank you. (Yes I realise that was a lot of incomings - when I'm stressed at work, books arrive....) 🤣
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And finally (drumroll...) An ARC in from lovely @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social of the forthcoming Ian Penman book. I love his writing and love Satie, so I'm so happy to be covering this one! Thank you. (Yes I realise that was a lot of incomings - when I'm stressed at work, books arrive....) 🤣
Why the Selected and not the Collected Coleridge, you may ask? Well, it's selected and annotated and introduced by Richard Homes, whose writings on the Romantics I trust - and after the recent Shelley/Byron book experience I need to read Holmes again!!
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why the Selected and not the Collected Coleridge, you may ask? Well, it's selected and annotated and introduced by Richard Homes, whose writings on the Romantics I trust - and after the recent Shelley/Byron book experience I need to read Holmes again!!
Ahem. After Visions of Gerard comes Doctor Sax, and having finished Gerard recently I needed the next book in a new edition. When I finally share my original copy on the blog you'll see why.... 😬
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ahem. After Visions of Gerard comes Doctor Sax, and having finished Gerard recently I needed the next book in a new edition. When I finally share my original copy on the blog you'll see why.... 😬
Next up is the latest from @renardpress.bsky.social as part of my monthly subscription (I recommend these...) It's a gorgeous edition and can't wait to read Mew's poetry!
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Next up is the latest from @renardpress.bsky.social as part of my monthly subscription (I recommend these...) It's a gorgeous edition and can't wait to read Mew's poetry!
This gorgeous arrival was a gift from the other side of the world - from a fellow blogger in Australia, Travellin' Penguin. It's a beautiful addition to my Tove Jansson collection and such a kind thing to do! ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This gorgeous arrival was a gift from the other side of the world - from a fellow blogger in Australia, Travellin' Penguin. It's a beautiful addition to my Tove Jansson collection and such a kind thing to do! ❤️