Norfolk Bookworm

  Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Pan Macmillan) This was my last read from the Waterstones Prize shortlist and sadly it wasn't a case that I...

  I am so pleased that I saw advance warning of this go by online as while I do read a lot of books in translation (40 last year and 36 alre...

  Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly (Cornerstone) My shortlist reading continued with this quirky book from New Zealand and it was one ...

  Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon (Penguin Books) As I started reading the books for the Debut Fiction Prize so late I was aware that thi...

  The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson (Transworld) Next from the Debut Fiction list for me was The Silence in Between  and again on pap...

  Mongrel by Hanako Footman (Footnote Press) This was my second read from the Waterstones Debut list simply because it was the next book tha...

  The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre) Other reading projects meant that I didn't get round to reading the shortlist for th...

  Paws & Portals by Ellie Warren (Curiosity Killed the Bookworm) Sometimes what you need to read is a gentle, fun book that takes you ri...

  I really didn't mean for two months to go by without a blog post, this time my excuse is a travel adventure and then reading books in ...

  Kammy: My Unbelievable Life by Chris Kamara (Pan Macmillan) I've written before about how I often read for various projects which intr...

  Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan (Andersen Press) I read this book back last summer and really enjoyed reading it. It is  another book...

  How can it be February already? The adage about time speeding up as you get older is definitely true and while January did feel like it ha...

  Why that Top 20? Following on from my New Year's Day post of top 20 books for 2023 here's the reasoning behind my top fiction book...

  Why that Top 20? It occurred to me yesterday that it was all well and good letting everyone know what my top reads were but perhaps I shou...

  My year in books. Well it has been an abysmal year for blogging but despite this when I look back at my reading journal I can see that I r...

  Space: The Human Story by Tim Peake (Cornerstone) Regular readers, and people who know me IRL are aware that I am something of a space ner...

  The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie (Chatto & Windus) Earlier in the year I read (and enjoyed) the novels The Dictionary of Lost Wo...

  The Runaway Heiress by Emma Orchard (Allison & Busby) I was very lucky to be offered a chance to read this in advance of publication a...

  Finding Bear by Hannah Gold. Illustrated by Levi Pinfold (Harper Collins) I think that it was Kentishbookboy who first recommended Hannah ...

  The Figurine by Victoria Hislop (Headline) I was very lucky to win an advance copy of this in a Twitter competition and it has to be said ...