Years Of Reading
@yearsofreading.bsky.social
I’m Clare, book blogger since 2017 and full time carer.
Life is too short to read books you don’t love, so I don’t.
Life is too short to read books you don’t love, so I don’t.
Weekend Reading - picture taken with help from Youngest Years of Reading and I realised that’s a lot of blue!
Am currently reading #Sleep by #HonorJones and chose #ThreeDaysInJune by #AnneTyler plus #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings by #NaomiWood
I hope you are reading something fabulous today too!
Am currently reading #Sleep by #HonorJones and chose #ThreeDaysInJune by #AnneTyler plus #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings by #NaomiWood
I hope you are reading something fabulous today too!
May 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Weekend Reading - picture taken with help from Youngest Years of Reading and I realised that’s a lot of blue!
Am currently reading #Sleep by #HonorJones and chose #ThreeDaysInJune by #AnneTyler plus #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings by #NaomiWood
I hope you are reading something fabulous today too!
Am currently reading #Sleep by #HonorJones and chose #ThreeDaysInJune by #AnneTyler plus #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings by #NaomiWood
I hope you are reading something fabulous today too!
I completely loved
#MySalingerYear by @joannarakoff.bsky.social
If you read the book, you’ll see why I chose these others too!
It’s a book about life, growing up, and loving books and reading with all your heart.
If you love books as much as me, #MySalingerYear should be on your reading list.
#MySalingerYear by @joannarakoff.bsky.social
If you read the book, you’ll see why I chose these others too!
It’s a book about life, growing up, and loving books and reading with all your heart.
If you love books as much as me, #MySalingerYear should be on your reading list.
March 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I completely loved
#MySalingerYear by @joannarakoff.bsky.social
If you read the book, you’ll see why I chose these others too!
It’s a book about life, growing up, and loving books and reading with all your heart.
If you love books as much as me, #MySalingerYear should be on your reading list.
#MySalingerYear by @joannarakoff.bsky.social
If you read the book, you’ll see why I chose these others too!
It’s a book about life, growing up, and loving books and reading with all your heart.
If you love books as much as me, #MySalingerYear should be on your reading list.
Not sure what day it is, but I do know that #SelfPortraitWithBoy by Rachel Lyon has me hooked, and is the perfect read after #HoldStill by Sally Mann.
Photographer Lu accidentally captures her neighbour’s son falling to his death, and is faced with a moral dilemma as to what to do with the picture.
Photographer Lu accidentally captures her neighbour’s son falling to his death, and is faced with a moral dilemma as to what to do with the picture.
December 29, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Not sure what day it is, but I do know that #SelfPortraitWithBoy by Rachel Lyon has me hooked, and is the perfect read after #HoldStill by Sally Mann.
Photographer Lu accidentally captures her neighbour’s son falling to his death, and is faced with a moral dilemma as to what to do with the picture.
Photographer Lu accidentally captures her neighbour’s son falling to his death, and is faced with a moral dilemma as to what to do with the picture.
Sneaking in some of my Christmas reading before the chaos starts!
FYI #InJudgementofOthers by @eanstruther.bsky.social is out in February, and it’s so so good - I know lots of you would love this one!
FYI #InJudgementofOthers by @eanstruther.bsky.social is out in February, and it’s so so good - I know lots of you would love this one!
December 24, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Sneaking in some of my Christmas reading before the chaos starts!
FYI #InJudgementofOthers by @eanstruther.bsky.social is out in February, and it’s so so good - I know lots of you would love this one!
FYI #InJudgementofOthers by @eanstruther.bsky.social is out in February, and it’s so so good - I know lots of you would love this one!
Nothing like realising your library book is due back on Saturday and you can’t renew it!
Fortunately #TheEchoes by #EvieWyld is a brilliant read so I won’t be getting a fine this time!
(I also feel like I am cheating on the other book I’m reading to finish this one…)
Fortunately #TheEchoes by #EvieWyld is a brilliant read so I won’t be getting a fine this time!
(I also feel like I am cheating on the other book I’m reading to finish this one…)
December 10, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Nothing like realising your library book is due back on Saturday and you can’t renew it!
Fortunately #TheEchoes by #EvieWyld is a brilliant read so I won’t be getting a fine this time!
(I also feel like I am cheating on the other book I’m reading to finish this one…)
Fortunately #TheEchoes by #EvieWyld is a brilliant read so I won’t be getting a fine this time!
(I also feel like I am cheating on the other book I’m reading to finish this one…)
No, I’ve no idea why I woke up with back ache this morning…
December 5, 2024 at 7:41 AM
No, I’ve no idea why I woke up with back ache this morning…
Weekend reading has arrived!
Thank you to @matineegirl1.bsky.social and @mslisahighton.bsky.social for keeping me informed about its publication, and now I have my copy of #TheCliffs by #JCourtneySullivan to lose myself in!
It’s out now from Abacus if you fancy adding it to your reading list..
Thank you to @matineegirl1.bsky.social and @mslisahighton.bsky.social for keeping me informed about its publication, and now I have my copy of #TheCliffs by #JCourtneySullivan to lose myself in!
It’s out now from Abacus if you fancy adding it to your reading list..
November 29, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Weekend reading has arrived!
Thank you to @matineegirl1.bsky.social and @mslisahighton.bsky.social for keeping me informed about its publication, and now I have my copy of #TheCliffs by #JCourtneySullivan to lose myself in!
It’s out now from Abacus if you fancy adding it to your reading list..
Thank you to @matineegirl1.bsky.social and @mslisahighton.bsky.social for keeping me informed about its publication, and now I have my copy of #TheCliffs by #JCourtneySullivan to lose myself in!
It’s out now from Abacus if you fancy adding it to your reading list..
It took me a while to get there, but am so glad I read #TheFellowshipofPuzzlemakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social and here’s my review.
If you are looking for a book to lose yourself in, here it is.
Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my copy.
www.instagram.com/p/DC3mbTHg1u...
If you are looking for a book to lose yourself in, here it is.
Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my copy.
www.instagram.com/p/DC3mbTHg1u...
November 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
It took me a while to get there, but am so glad I read #TheFellowshipofPuzzlemakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social and here’s my review.
If you are looking for a book to lose yourself in, here it is.
Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my copy.
www.instagram.com/p/DC3mbTHg1u...
If you are looking for a book to lose yourself in, here it is.
Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my copy.
www.instagram.com/p/DC3mbTHg1u...
Finally time to read this evening, so Jasper and I enjoyed the peace and quiet!
I picked up #WomenandChildrenFirst by #AlinaGrabowski and I am really enjoying it.
It’s out now from The Indigo Press, and is a novel told through the eyes of ten women after a young woman dies at a party.
I picked up #WomenandChildrenFirst by #AlinaGrabowski and I am really enjoying it.
It’s out now from The Indigo Press, and is a novel told through the eyes of ten women after a young woman dies at a party.
November 26, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Finally time to read this evening, so Jasper and I enjoyed the peace and quiet!
I picked up #WomenandChildrenFirst by #AlinaGrabowski and I am really enjoying it.
It’s out now from The Indigo Press, and is a novel told through the eyes of ten women after a young woman dies at a party.
I picked up #WomenandChildrenFirst by #AlinaGrabowski and I am really enjoying it.
It’s out now from The Indigo Press, and is a novel told through the eyes of ten women after a young woman dies at a party.
Many Thanks to Ellie as my copy of #FamousLastWords by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social arrived on Friday.
As always, with Gillian’s novels, I naively thought I would read just a chapter.
Two hundred pages on, and I haven’t stopped reading all weekend.
It’s just brilliant and I know you will love it.
As always, with Gillian’s novels, I naively thought I would read just a chapter.
Two hundred pages on, and I haven’t stopped reading all weekend.
It’s just brilliant and I know you will love it.
November 24, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Many Thanks to Ellie as my copy of #FamousLastWords by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social arrived on Friday.
As always, with Gillian’s novels, I naively thought I would read just a chapter.
Two hundred pages on, and I haven’t stopped reading all weekend.
It’s just brilliant and I know you will love it.
As always, with Gillian’s novels, I naively thought I would read just a chapter.
Two hundred pages on, and I haven’t stopped reading all weekend.
It’s just brilliant and I know you will love it.
I am so sorry - I hope these pictures of Jasper cheer you up, and he and I both send you lots of love xxx
November 22, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I am so sorry - I hope these pictures of Jasper cheer you up, and he and I both send you lots of love xxx
Having a very peaceful birthday, and am very grateful this year that I’m happy and healthy.
Here’s hoping that my 54th year is filled with even more fabulous reading.
Thank you to all of you for being so kind - it’s been lovely to meet you and of course I had some books (and possibly cake too!)!
Here’s hoping that my 54th year is filled with even more fabulous reading.
Thank you to all of you for being so kind - it’s been lovely to meet you and of course I had some books (and possibly cake too!)!
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Having a very peaceful birthday, and am very grateful this year that I’m happy and healthy.
Here’s hoping that my 54th year is filled with even more fabulous reading.
Thank you to all of you for being so kind - it’s been lovely to meet you and of course I had some books (and possibly cake too!)!
Here’s hoping that my 54th year is filled with even more fabulous reading.
Thank you to all of you for being so kind - it’s been lovely to meet you and of course I had some books (and possibly cake too!)!
When you are sat in Jasper’s space on the sofa..
November 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
When you are sat in Jasper’s space on the sofa..
Being the organised book blogger that I am, I can’t remember where I heard about #TheUndercurrent by Sarah Sawyer.
I treated myself to a copy and know so many of you would love it!
It’s one of those novels that has you hooked from the first page, and won’t let you go til the end..
I treated myself to a copy and know so many of you would love it!
It’s one of those novels that has you hooked from the first page, and won’t let you go til the end..
November 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Being the organised book blogger that I am, I can’t remember where I heard about #TheUndercurrent by Sarah Sawyer.
I treated myself to a copy and know so many of you would love it!
It’s one of those novels that has you hooked from the first page, and won’t let you go til the end..
I treated myself to a copy and know so many of you would love it!
It’s one of those novels that has you hooked from the first page, and won’t let you go til the end..
Sometimes deciding what to read next is the greatest puzzle of all, and when you finally work it out, there is no better feeling.
I know I am really late to the appreciation society, but oh my goodness #TheFellowshipofPuzzleMakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social is just wonderful isn’t it?
I know I am really late to the appreciation society, but oh my goodness #TheFellowshipofPuzzleMakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social is just wonderful isn’t it?
November 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Sometimes deciding what to read next is the greatest puzzle of all, and when you finally work it out, there is no better feeling.
I know I am really late to the appreciation society, but oh my goodness #TheFellowshipofPuzzleMakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social is just wonderful isn’t it?
I know I am really late to the appreciation society, but oh my goodness #TheFellowshipofPuzzleMakers by @samuelburr.bsky.social is just wonderful isn’t it?
For the remainder of 2024, I am going rogue and reading whatever I want!
This weekend is all about Someone In The Attic by @andreamara.bsky.social and I can’t wait.
I’ve shown you my weekend read, now let’s see yours..
#WeekendReads
This weekend is all about Someone In The Attic by @andreamara.bsky.social and I can’t wait.
I’ve shown you my weekend read, now let’s see yours..
#WeekendReads
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 AM
For the remainder of 2024, I am going rogue and reading whatever I want!
This weekend is all about Someone In The Attic by @andreamara.bsky.social and I can’t wait.
I’ve shown you my weekend read, now let’s see yours..
#WeekendReads
This weekend is all about Someone In The Attic by @andreamara.bsky.social and I can’t wait.
I’ve shown you my weekend read, now let’s see yours..
#WeekendReads
Thank you very much to Fern Press my copy of #Audition by Katie Kitamura which is out in April next year.
I love Katie’s writing (Intimacies is one of my favourite novels I read this year), and can’t wait to read this one too, which has already had incredible praise.
I love Katie’s writing (Intimacies is one of my favourite novels I read this year), and can’t wait to read this one too, which has already had incredible praise.
November 14, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Thank you very much to Fern Press my copy of #Audition by Katie Kitamura which is out in April next year.
I love Katie’s writing (Intimacies is one of my favourite novels I read this year), and can’t wait to read this one too, which has already had incredible praise.
I love Katie’s writing (Intimacies is one of my favourite novels I read this year), and can’t wait to read this one too, which has already had incredible praise.
Thank you very much to Marigold and @dauntbookspub.bsky.social for my copy of #TheOddWomanandTheCity by #VivianGornick which is out in January.
I love books set in New York, and this is all about Vivian’s experiences there - and it looks fabulous!
I love books set in New York, and this is all about Vivian’s experiences there - and it looks fabulous!
November 14, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Thank you very much to Marigold and @dauntbookspub.bsky.social for my copy of #TheOddWomanandTheCity by #VivianGornick which is out in January.
I love books set in New York, and this is all about Vivian’s experiences there - and it looks fabulous!
I love books set in New York, and this is all about Vivian’s experiences there - and it looks fabulous!
Most days I handle being an unpaid carer.
Then some days it’s really hard and it’s too much.
Reading Tender by Penny Wincer is like someone reading my thoughts and helping me understand that it’s ok to feel like I do.
If you are a carer, do make sure this one is on your list.
Then some days it’s really hard and it’s too much.
Reading Tender by Penny Wincer is like someone reading my thoughts and helping me understand that it’s ok to feel like I do.
If you are a carer, do make sure this one is on your list.
November 13, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Most days I handle being an unpaid carer.
Then some days it’s really hard and it’s too much.
Reading Tender by Penny Wincer is like someone reading my thoughts and helping me understand that it’s ok to feel like I do.
If you are a carer, do make sure this one is on your list.
Then some days it’s really hard and it’s too much.
Reading Tender by Penny Wincer is like someone reading my thoughts and helping me understand that it’s ok to feel like I do.
If you are a carer, do make sure this one is on your list.
Well, this was my weekend reading and it was brilliant!
Trust me, what is inside The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland is just as fabulous as the cover!
A novel about identity, history, royalty and the commodification of women, I can’t recommend it enough!
www.instagram.com/p/CzUC_UrLiP...
Trust me, what is inside The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland is just as fabulous as the cover!
A novel about identity, history, royalty and the commodification of women, I can’t recommend it enough!
www.instagram.com/p/CzUC_UrLiP...
November 6, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Well, this was my weekend reading and it was brilliant!
Trust me, what is inside The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland is just as fabulous as the cover!
A novel about identity, history, royalty and the commodification of women, I can’t recommend it enough!
www.instagram.com/p/CzUC_UrLiP...
Trust me, what is inside The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland is just as fabulous as the cover!
A novel about identity, history, royalty and the commodification of women, I can’t recommend it enough!
www.instagram.com/p/CzUC_UrLiP...
Getting up early was made a lot better by having #UnspeakableActsOfZinaP by @elenikwriter.bsky.social to keep me company!
It’s a brilliant novel about women, identity, family and the power of language, and I can’t stop reading it!
Thank you to Head Of Zeus books and Aries Fiction for my copy.
It’s a brilliant novel about women, identity, family and the power of language, and I can’t stop reading it!
Thank you to Head Of Zeus books and Aries Fiction for my copy.
November 1, 2023 at 8:55 AM
Getting up early was made a lot better by having #UnspeakableActsOfZinaP by @elenikwriter.bsky.social to keep me company!
It’s a brilliant novel about women, identity, family and the power of language, and I can’t stop reading it!
Thank you to Head Of Zeus books and Aries Fiction for my copy.
It’s a brilliant novel about women, identity, family and the power of language, and I can’t stop reading it!
Thank you to Head Of Zeus books and Aries Fiction for my copy.
I’ve just finished #TheOtherProfile by #IreneGraziosi tr. by Lucy Rand from Europa Editions (U.K.) and it’s brilliant.
If you love complicated characters, and incisive commentary about the ethics and complexities of social media - you need this.
Thank you so much to Daniela Petracco for my copy.
If you love complicated characters, and incisive commentary about the ethics and complexities of social media - you need this.
Thank you so much to Daniela Petracco for my copy.
October 20, 2023 at 10:35 AM
I’ve just finished #TheOtherProfile by #IreneGraziosi tr. by Lucy Rand from Europa Editions (U.K.) and it’s brilliant.
If you love complicated characters, and incisive commentary about the ethics and complexities of social media - you need this.
Thank you so much to Daniela Petracco for my copy.
If you love complicated characters, and incisive commentary about the ethics and complexities of social media - you need this.
Thank you so much to Daniela Petracco for my copy.
Jasper looking impressed(!) that I’ve finished #WentToLondonTooktheDog by Nina Stibbe.
This book is just like chatting with your best friend and I adored it.
If it’s not on your reading list, it should be.
Review to follow.
Thank you so much to Camilla Elworthy and Picador Books for my copy.
This book is just like chatting with your best friend and I adored it.
If it’s not on your reading list, it should be.
Review to follow.
Thank you so much to Camilla Elworthy and Picador Books for my copy.
October 12, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Jasper looking impressed(!) that I’ve finished #WentToLondonTooktheDog by Nina Stibbe.
This book is just like chatting with your best friend and I adored it.
If it’s not on your reading list, it should be.
Review to follow.
Thank you so much to Camilla Elworthy and Picador Books for my copy.
This book is just like chatting with your best friend and I adored it.
If it’s not on your reading list, it should be.
Review to follow.
Thank you so much to Camilla Elworthy and Picador Books for my copy.
Happy Publication Day to Matt Hill for #Lamb from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
I read and loved it, and my review is now up on Instagram to tell you why.
Thank you so much to Nate Ashley and Harriet Hirshman for my copy.
instagram.com/p/CyStoiNrvxk/…
I read and loved it, and my review is now up on Instagram to tell you why.
Thank you so much to Nate Ashley and Harriet Hirshman for my copy.
instagram.com/p/CyStoiNrvxk/…
October 12, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Happy Publication Day to Matt Hill for #Lamb from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
I read and loved it, and my review is now up on Instagram to tell you why.
Thank you so much to Nate Ashley and Harriet Hirshman for my copy.
instagram.com/p/CyStoiNrvxk/…
I read and loved it, and my review is now up on Instagram to tell you why.
Thank you so much to Nate Ashley and Harriet Hirshman for my copy.
instagram.com/p/CyStoiNrvxk/…