Blogs about Fiction books

Every week, Australian radio station Triple J, invites a band or musician to record a cover of a song, for their Like A Version show. Anything goes here. About two years ago, Sydney based Australian …

Love is sacrifice, sacred land life-affirming (Gunnison River Valley, Colorado; 1948—1970): Crying can soothe us. All the more reason to let Shelley Read take you on this absolutely beautiful and sad journey. “There is a …

Last but not least, in my fourth and final post highlighting authors recently added to my main writers list, I have 14 authors whose work was comprised of or included more or less traditional mystery …

I’ve had an email from a setup called Feedspot which says that Great War Fiction is ranked second among military book blogs. Which is very flattering, though a bit bothering. I’ve neglected the blog horribly …

Well I have been a bit quiet recently, on here and on social media. When I am badly fatigued I find the effort and admin of blogging and social media a bit overwhelming. I’m still …

Happy weekend! Saturdays are when we curate all the sapphic book news and queer happenings of the week into one convenient location. Think of it as your personal reading directory! After all, we know the …

Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges has featured here on the Ramblings many a time, as I absolutely love his writing. He’s best known for his short works which are unique; I don’t think anyone writes …

Alternative titles for this large and detailed biography of the great German/British writer Sybille Bedford, formerly Baronin Sybille von Schoenebeck, could be The Lesbian Network, or Extraordinary Generosity Received. A cattier selection could be Living …

Our May 2024 edition of Now Playing features weather phenomena and lessons in collaboration, all from our contributors! Arah KoAs someone historically uninterested in reality television, I am shocked to say I have been binging …

Schiopol airport is confusing; so confusing that my wife has sent me an email with some advice on how it can best be navigated, There are three main terminals, each with a set of sub-desks …

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Recently, historical romance author Elizabeth Everett and Liz Donatelli of the Reader Seeks Romance Channel invited me to join a panel for an episode of Unchaperoned, "The Evolution & Future of Historical Romance." Author Eloisa …

Mary I – Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir I have been an avid reader of Alison Weir’s fictionalised biographies of the Tudors for many years, – and this latest monumental book about the first …

Refuge from the WorldKim McMahill(The Beartooth Chronicles, #1)Publication date: March 19th 2024Genres: Dystopian, New Adult, Young AdultAshley McPhee arrived in Beartooth with her mom, Sara, when she was three years old. Ever since Ash can …

In early 2024, we got volume four4 of The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Will Murray. Murray has been doing new stories with Doc Savage, The Spider, Tarzan, and other pulp characters. As with …

Book Review by George S: Locke is a difficult writer to classify. In 1919, J.C. Squire wrote: The position of Mr W.J.Locke has always been a little odd. no serious critic of literature can take …

The Versions of Us – Laura Barnett A chance meeting as students in Cambridge; three different lifetimes for Eva and Jim. I definitely shed a few tears at the end. Author page: The Versions of …

In 1942, the literary critic and Princeton graduate, Edmund Wilson, then forty-seven, made friends with a scholar of Russian literature slightly younger than himself, Helen Muchnic. Born in Baku in 1902, Helen emigrated to the …

This year’s Read Christie challenge has a ‘Through the Decades’ theme and this quarter we’re reading books from the 1930s. My choice for May is Christie’s 1933 Poirot mystery Lord Edgware Dies (published in the …

There are several games I'm looking forward to this year, all indie titles. I grew up playing a lot of AAA games, but gradually shifted more and more to indie games as I aged. I …