I’m reading Blood Child by Octavia Butler which is an anthology. After each story or essay, she does an afterword that explains how she came to write the story. It’s the best Butler I’ve read

My current fantasy read is Empire In Black And Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s an interesting concept and I’m enjoying it quite a lot

Who else has read Alchemised by SenLinYu? I was riveted by this story and can hardly believe it was a debut novel. Amazing accomplishment!

I just finished A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing today by Eimear McBride and I’m gutted. Written in stream of consciousness format, it tells the story of an Irish girl’s life. It won the Woman’s Prize for Literature. I also loved her novel, The Lesser Bohemians, and can’t wait to read her new novel

I’m reading The River Swimmer byJim Harrison. I really love his clear prose and how he captures the everyday lives of his characters. I wish his career had been more popular. I’ve read about four of his books and loved every one

Any Hallie Rubenhold fans? I loved The Five which told the stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims. I just started Story Of A Murder about the Dr Crippen murder of his wife in Victorian England

Just started this series by Cassandra Clare

Reading Sanam Mahloudji’s debut novel The Persions. It’s longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize. A great family epic told through the lives of the family’s women

I’m reading The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. So good! I’ve seen several call it his masterpiece. It’s on the horror side of fantasy. Check it out!

Thomas Perry always delivers a tightly controlled plot that keeps the pages turning. My latest Perry read

Reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Why did I wait so long?

Detente in the cat power fight while they both eat treats