Book news, reviews and recommendations
Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve got into the habit of blogging about new novels to look out for a few months ahead of publication and it occurred to me that a paperback roundup might be welcome. After all, that’s what we’re all more likely to go out and buy. So without further ado,
Paperbacks to look out for in September 2014 Read More »
September is one of those months when the big guns are wheeled out to get those Christmas juices flowing. A couple of them will appear later on in this post but I’d like to start with a few novels that are less likely to be displayed at the front of your local bookshop or on
Books to Look Out for in September 2014 Read More »
Time was when September and October were the big publishing months – part of the pre-Christmas fanfare – but I’ve noticed over the past four or five years that several big names have spilled over into other months. There are two in my pick of the August bunch that fall into that category kicking off
Books to Look Out For in August 2014 Read More »
Here’s my pick of the bunch from the July publishers’ schedules, three of them by authors I’ve read before so I’ll start with those. Kerry Hudson’s Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma (brave title for a first novel) was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and was very
Books to look out for in July 2014 Read More »
It’s that time of the month when I begin to look forward to what’s on offer a little further down the line. Not so greedy this month – May really was a feast for gluttons – but there are some very tempting looking titles in the early summer publishing schedules here in the UK. Harriet
Books to Look Out for in June 2014 Read More »
As promised last Monday, here’s the second post trailing the bumper bundle of novels published in May that have found their way onto my wish list. Tom Rachman’s The Rise and Fall of Great Powers was always going to be there because it’s about a bookseller – not just any old bookseller but one with
Books to Look Out for in May 2014: Part Two Read More »
I wrote four posts like this before Christmas, trailing novels to be published in the first quarter of the year that I was particularly looking forward to. Time’s been marching on – and I enjoyed doing them enormously – so I thought I’d write one about books to be published in May that take my
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So the clocks have changed in looking forward land, but it’s probably raining in April in the UK anyway so no reason to leave that sofa and quite a few reasons to stay on it. Earlier this year (that’s 2013) Sarah Moss took me on one of several visits to Iceland with her lovely memoir
Books to Look Out for in April 2014 Read More »
Nearly spring here in looking forward land, and the days are getting longer but there’s still plenty to keep you comfortably curled up on the sofa. Let’s start with a bit of non-fiction which will get you out and about if only in your head. The subtitle of cookery writer Mina Holland’s The Edible Atlas
Books to Look Out for in March 2014 Read More »
February is often such a dull, grey month here in the UK that you might just as well stay in and read as venture outside. Lots of new novels to keep you entertained if that’s your choice. As with yesterday’s post, a click on the title should take you to Waterstones for a more detailed
Reasons to be Cheerful (2): Books to look out for in February 2014 Read More »
I’ve been mulling over a post on books I’m looking forward to in 2014 for a little while, wondering how to organise it. At first it was going to be one post covering the first four months, then two made up of two months each but it seems to be turning into one for each
Books to Look Out for in January 2014 Read More »