A very, very quick update on how August went as a reading month. Not much has changed since my last post - in fact, nothing has changed since my last post 😉 but here are the stats anyway! Books read = 6, 5 on my Kindle app and one audiobook Progress on reading goal = 39 out of 52 books or 75% of my target…

As often happens when you are reading more than one title at a time, I had a flurry of finishing books - three in three days which was very satisfying and means that I hit my unofficial monthly target of six books (where possible and yes I know that meeting that every month would exceed my annual goal of 52 books a year).

July wasn't a total bust as I did manage to read one book, but I may have had a reading hangover from the previous month. A glitch in the matrix means that I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks so this is my attempt to bring everything up to date. July stats As I said above I rad one book, which was Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway.

Just a quick one this week as I still haven't finished any books, though I have actually been reading so that's progress of sorts 😊 Currently reading In addition to the two books I mentioned in my last post, this past week I started two more (I know), namely Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway - the second in his Titanium Noir series, the first of which I read in June but didn't review although it was really enjoyable, hence my starting the sequel so soon; and…

July is still a bust in terms of reading - not only have I not finished any books but for most days this month I haven't done any reading at all. So yesterday I decided to set aside almost everything I had started as they clearly aren't currently what I want and am going to start again. Having said that I am continuing to read…

After a reading-packed June, July has started slowly. I have been a reading a little but took a while to settle down to anything specific. So no books read this past week but progress made on a couple of things and of course some new books entered the chat! Currently reading: Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh & Stella Duffy - I've made most progress with this one though I'm still only 10% in.

I had such great plans for June but life, as it so often does, conspired against me, so this will be a quick run over my statistics for the month, and we'll start afresh from today. Despite a stressful few weeks I had a really, really good reading month: Books read = 11, all on my Kindle app except for one audiobook which also turned out to be my read of the month (

Indeed, I am back after an unplanned but nevertheless welcome hiatus. I hope you have all been well 😊 Photo by Vie Studio on Pexels.com 2025 has been a good reading year so far; I have read 25 books to date, which means I am slightly ahead of my just-for-fun goal of a book a week for the year. I am still buying more than I am reading and am considering a slow buy for the second half of the year - for me that means only pre-orders and absolutely must-haves that I haven't been aware of in time to pre-order.

Feeling so much better since my last post, but March was definitely a bit of a reading slump - well it was until the very last week! Books read = 4 - I've already mentioned Found in a previous post but the other three I finished this month were: All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes - a really enjoyable, creepy Antarctic exploration in the 1920s goes terribly wrong story with a very interesting protagonist.

A very quick post this week as I have had an absolutely stinking cold and done very little since my last post 😦 Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Books finished - zilch, nil, nada, nought Currently reading - still reading Joyce & Ginnie which I mentioned in my last post. Still not really able to settle to anything UNTIL I picked up…

So far March has been a very light reading month - a combination of not being able to settle to any one book and lots of stuff happening chez Bride in terms of home projects and so on. I've been trying to read for a minimum of 30 minutes every day, and so far I've managed that on 9 out of 12 days and that's not bad, I think.

As mentioned in my previous post and because I didn't blog very much in February, here is a quick run through of all of the books that joined my personal library last month. Mr Whisper by Andrew Mayne - first in a new series bringing together characters from Mayne's other series, Mr Whisper is apparently a diabolical adversary, so that's cool.

I was going to title this "February So Far" but as there are literally only two full days left in the month and I'm not expecting anything much to change in that time I may as well treat this as an end of month post. So here we go. February has zipped along. I have been really busy with my husband's medical stuff (all OK there), things that needed to be done around the home, some personal projects and a couple of lunches out meeting up with friends that I haven't seen for ages.

In my recent January recap I promised a book haul and here we are! Last gasp January books Red River Seven by AJ Ryan - "Seven strangers. One mission. Infinite horror.A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of who or where he is. He's not alone - there are six others, each with a unique set of skills.

I always get slightly peeved when everyone criticises January for being a thousand weeks long, and then I remember that my birthday is on January 31st so it's also in my interest for the month to come to an end 😉 How did I do with all of the bookish stuff? Photo by Boris Pavlikovsky on Pexels.com Books read I read three books in January, all on my Kindle, comprising two non-fiction and one horror anthology; I've covered all of these in my recent posts, so nothing to add here.

As I'm typing this we're waiting for Storm Eowyn to hit the UK; I ventured outside this morning on a grocery run and although it's likely that my little corner of SW London will miss the worst it's still pretty wet & windy and an ideal day to curl up with a good book! Books read: I have actually managed to finish two books since my last post, neither of them the ones I expected to complete!

Probably a very quick post this week, as although I have been reading consistently - I haven't missed a day yet in 2025 (famous last words no doubt) - I've been dipping in and out of a few books so haven't finished anything. Currently reading I mentioned these in my last post: Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley - at 19% read…