I’d like to start by apologising to any other books I may read this year, because The Puzzle Wood has set the bar incredibly high. This fast-paced gothic mystery kept …
Book Review: The Puzzle Wood, by Rosie Andrews

Storyteller, comedian, neurodiverse
I’d like to start by apologising to any other books I may read this year, because The Puzzle Wood has set the bar incredibly high. This fast-paced gothic mystery kept …
Miranda Hart is a British comedy legend, actor and national treasure. Her masterful sitcom, eponymously titled, is an ode to the joy and value of discovering, embracing and celebrating one’s …
Our screen-addled brains can’t cope with more than two syllables, right? ‘Use short, simple sentences’. ‘Never use an uncommon word when a common one will do.’ This advice is everywhere. …
The Dispossessed was the first book I read in 2022 – and what a way to start the year! Although in terms of review, it poses quite a challenge. It’s …
There must come a time in every mountaineer’s life, where they find themselves shivering in a windswept tent, thousands of miles away from and above civilisation, and they think to …
2021 was a great year for me in terms of reading. Here’s a super-short review of all the books I read in the past 12 months, and which was my …
Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes …
I feel like I’ve fallen at the first hurdle of this book blogging malarkey. The formula is simple, right? Read book, write down thoughts, publish thoughts (after making sure they …
Firstly, excuse the lack of a ‘Happy New Year’ greeting. It’s just been announced that the UK is back in total lockdown again, so 2021 isn’t off to a very …
I’m going to abandon my current read. Blue Remembered Earth, by Alastair Reynolds, will be added to the rather short list of books I started and then gave up on. …