Thanks, many intriguing books I haven't yet read! Decades since I read The Living Mountain (also loved her The Quarry Wood); but it's never left me.

I love The Bandwagon, top 3 MGMers for sure! Fred at his fabbest, Cyd so strong & long & agile, Girls Hunt's a beaut, Dancing in the Dark such a swooner. But pushing it up to top level is the elegance and presence of Jack Buchanan.

Fave library books of 2025, Kevin Rowland and Penelope Mortimer.
Fave books I left behind somewhere, Sara Gran in Calabria, Mick Herron in Thurso.

A fave 27 from 2025!

That looks a fab read, thanks, and I look forward to looking in more detail. I've been avoiding DD links/sites until I finished Gemini; which I did recently, so I can now open links without fear. I love wandering the Borders lands that Francis and co (and their ancestors) roamed.

Ha, thanks for that great link, Bill. Yes, it's hard enough to piece together the relations between what remains of Culter, Boghall, etc; but on certain days, remains so completely evocative. Same when down near (?) 'Flaws Valley' last week!

Shouldn't post in the middle of a walk: #GameOfKings!

Forgot how brilliant the packaging is for this dvd! #ArrowVideos #MeikoKaji

Great choices. Some that I've loved and some that I'd like to track down. Adored re-reading Poor Things last year, and thinking it's time to return to Something Leather!

Loved finishing the Balkan Trilogy this year: vivid, clear, observant, alert, surprising. Looking forward to the Levant Trilogy in 2026!

Agreed, what great movies, really got under the skin and stayed with me and my dreams: I Walked With A Zombie, Curse of The Cat People (my two faves), Isle of Dead, 7th Victim, Body Snatcher, Bedlam, Leopard Man, Cat People, wow [never seen Ghost Ship though].

James Kelman discusses Hogg’s JUSTIFIED SINNER on the Unburied Books podcast, looking at the novel’s unusual structure, moral ambiguity, & mixture of genres, & placing the work in a modern, international context
#gothic #romanticism 💙📚
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