Some Hot Books - in many ways!
I’ve chosen these books to showcase this month because they’re all a bit special - quirky, original, unique. Half of them are by LGBT+...
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- Jun 6
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My 10 Top Books of Summer 2022
Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane (HarperCollins, April 2022) Harriet's destructive, gaslighting ex Scott, Madchester wannabe and...
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- Jun 4
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New 5* Reviews for my Editing Services
I was very pleased to receive some lovely new comments from the fiction and non-fiction authors I'd worked with recently, on editing...
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- Apr 17
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Smart Women: The Best New Books of Spring 2022
Some great books published since January 2022, which you may have missed- or maybe you need a little prod to get around to them? I’d...
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- Jan 1
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100 Books in 2021
I limited myself to 100, but went up to 115. Oops! Got to work on more writing of my own. I've taken off the extra 15 from this list so...
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- Dec 30, 2021
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Ten Top Page-Turners for 2022
Romances, thrillers and quick-paced literary fiction for the coming year. Image credit: Kozzzlova, 123rf. Purchased image 30.12.21 That...
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- Dec 30, 2021
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Top Literary Novels for 2022
Literary fiction with a twist by some very smart women. My favourite books for 2022 have fallen neatly into two lists. I enjoyed them...
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- Dec 21, 2021
- 5 min
My Top 21 Books of 2021
I’ve read over 100 books this year, and I’ve just read the Best of 2021 book roundups from the papers. While I know a lot of work goes...
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- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Women at the End of the World
The new wave of female-fronted apocalypse novels Recently, I’ve enjoyed seeking out new writing by women, often written pre-pandemic,...
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- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
LGBT+ Lockdown Radio: Fifty-six hours
Fifty-six and a half hours of radio recorded and edited in my kitchen over the course of a year. Over a hundred interviewees, a hundred...
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- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
Cool for the Summer: Books with a little something special
Every novel listed here has something interesting, quirky or different about it, something that sets it apart from the other new releases...
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- May 11, 2021
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Getting Away from It All: The best reads for a summer escape
Whether you’re packing a bag or just escaping to a park bench, getting away has never been so important – but it’s good to have a bit of...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Apr 10, 2021
- 3 min
Spring Forward: Must-Read Books from 2021
In the End, it was All About Love by Musa Okwonga, Rough Trade Books, January 2021 In this rich, moving and thought-provoking piece of...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
All The Young Men: An Interview with Ruth Coker Burks
On the eve of the publication of her memoir of AIDS, love, and chosen family in the American South, I spoke to Ruth Coker Burks about the...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
My Top Ten Novels of 2021 – Part Two
The Girls Are All So Nice Here Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, 1 April 2021 Ambrosia ‘Amb’ Wellington attends her college reunion despite being...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
My Top Ten Novels of 2021 – Part One
Novels can take us to different worlds, even when we’re at home. In these two blogs, I look at my favourites from the first six months of...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
2020: A Year in Reading
I’ve read some amazing books this year. I’m so impressed with the authors who’ve had a book out in 2020 – they’ve been so stoical and...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special: Review
Online: Soho Theatre on Demand In a year without many new holiday specials, it’s a real treat to see a brand-new original show from two...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Sep 13, 2020
- 4 min
100 Books
This year has, in many ways, been a fire in a garbage factory. However, it’s been a vintage one for books. To celebrate the book world’s...
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- Jan 20, 2019
- 2 min
Not Another Marie Kondo Book Blog
I remember the feeling of finishing James Baldwin’s Another Country – lying, mid-twenties, on a rented bed, praying – please, one day,...
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