Happy weekend! I will be celebrating two of my lovely godchildren this weekend – the 1st birthday of one and the Christening of another. (Wish me luck getting a cake on the train and the tube…

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29.03.2025

The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White – #ReadingWales25 – Stuck in a Book

I have Karen to thank for highlighting the fact that Ethel Lina White was Welsh – Karen contributed a review of Fear Stalks The Village to Reading Wales Month, which is run by a different blo…

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28.03.2025

Unnecessary Rankings! Virginia Woolf – Stuck in a Book

Did you know (and why on earth should you) that yesterday was the second anniversary of my Unnecessary Rankings? How did we ever survive for so long without it, I’m sure you’re asking. …

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23.03.2025

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Is it spring? Is it still winter? We’re being kept on our toes here. By the time you read this, I’ll be doing a treasure hunt around Oxford (no real idea what it entails) and it’s…

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21.03.2025

Project 24: Book #5 – Stuck in a Book

It is very surprising to me how many of my Project 24 books so far have been IN PRINT. It’s quite unusual for me at the best of times, but particularly when I’m narrowing my gaze to lim…

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19.03.2025

Dew on the Grass by Eiluned Lewis – #ReadingWales25 – Stuck in a Book

I don’t think I’ve managed to join in Reading Wales before – an annual project led by Karen at Booker Talk. To be honest, that’s largely because I have no idea which authors…

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12.03.2025

#136: Does Reading Make Us Better People? and And Then There Were None vs The Invisible Host – Stuck in a Book

Agatha Christie, Gwen Bristow, Bruce Manning and reading morality – welcome to episode 136 of Tea or Books?! In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether or not we take moral instruc…

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09.03.2025

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Spring seems to have sprung. I went out without a coat! It’s all happening. And, since it’s International Women’s Day, I thought I’d mention the blog post I posted last year…

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05.03.2025

Project 24: Book Four – Stuck in a Book

I’m on track with Project 24 – buying just 24 books in 2025 – with my restrained rate of two-per-month. It was while reading Pipers and a Dancer by Stella Benson that I decided I …

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02.03.2025

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Happy March! Here in the UK we seem to be alternating bright sunshine and torrential rain. As I write this, it’s one of the sunny days – cold, sunny weather is my favourite, and hopeful…

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25.02.2025

Flickerbook by Leila Berg – Stuck in a Book

My second (and final?) contribution to this year’s #ReadIndies is an autobiography that was sent to me by CB Editions – Flickerbook (1997) by Leila Berg. It was a very canny choice of r…

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25.02.2025

Pipers and a Dancer by Stella Benson – Stuck in a Book

February is drawing to an end, but I’ve managed to get in with a Read Indies post – #ReadIndies being an annual event run by Karen and Lizzy, encouraging us all to read books from indep…

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19.02.2025

Overpriced Walnuts: Peas in a Podcast #20! – Stuck in a Book

Who’d have thought we’d get to episode 20? In the latest ep, my brother Colin and I cover all the usual important topics: shredded lettuce, the Suez canal, and Kaitlyn Dever. Not in con…

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19.02.2025

A whole bunch of non-reviews – Stuck in a Book

It’s that time again, where I blitz through a whole bunch of books I’ve read or listened to in the past few months. Think of it like that viral guy on Instagram who rates outfits at awa…

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19.02.2025

#135: Can Literary Fiction Be A Comfort Read? and Enter Ghost vs Lady Living Alone – Stuck in a Book

Isabella Hammad, Norah Lofts, comfort reads – welcome to episode 135! In the first half, we discuss whether or not literary fiction can be comfort reads – thank you for the sugge…

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19.02.2025

Project 24: Book Three – Stuck in a Book

We’re halfway through February, and that means I’m due another book under Project 24, right? I was in London for a couple of days, and remembered about a lovely little bookshop called W…

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02.02.2025

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Well, thank GOODNESS January is finally over. I can’t believe it was only a month. I feel like I’ve lived lifetimes in January, and none of them very good. Some of that I will share in …

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01.02.2025

Unnecessary Rankings! Daphne du Maurier – Stuck in a Book

While trying to think whom to cover for another Unnecessary Rankings! post, I was looking around my bookcases and alighted on Daphne du Maurier. She was prolific, and I’ve read quite a few of…

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29.01.2025

O is for Oyeyemi – Stuck in a Book

This is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here. How has it been 2.5 years since I last added to this series? Tim…

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24.01.2025

Project 24: Books 1 and 2 – Stuck in a Book

Project 24 is in full swing! If you missed it, it’s a year where I only buy 24 books for myself. This must be the fourth time I’ve done Project 24, at least, and it’s always a fun…

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19.01.2025

Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul – Stuck in a Book

I first came across Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul simply by browsing in Waterstones Piccadilly. It was on one of those display tables, and I was struck by how beautiful it was. Jonathan Cape h…

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09.01.2025

A final haul before Project 24 – Stuck in a Book

Have I said on here that I’m doing Project 24 again in 2025? I think I’ll do it ever two or three years, to try and stem the flow of books into my house – and to read more books f…

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07.01.2025

I Think You’re Doing Toothpaste Wrong: Peas in a Podcast #19! – Stuck in a Book

Hello, podcast fans! It’s the 19th episode of the podcast I do with my twin brother Colin. In this episode, we cover vital topics like Olympic sports we wouldn’t die during, petty rules…

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03.01.2025

2024: Some Reading Stats – Stuck in a Book

Happy new year, everyone. As has become an annual tradition for so many of us in the book blogging world, let’s take a look back at 2024 in reading stats! (Hopefully you’ve already spot…

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02.01.2025

#134: Our Top 10 Books of 2024 – Stuck in a Book

Happy new year! In episode 134, Rachel and I share our favourite books reads in 2024 – counting down from ten to one. And we each pick one of the other’s top 10 to read for our next epi…

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01.01.2025

My top books of 2024 – Stuck in a Book

One of my favourite bookish moments of the year is sitting down with my reading diary – a list of the books I’ve read since 2002 – and choosing my favourites of the year. Usually …

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31.12.2024

Finishing A Century of Books with Alice Thomas Ellis – Stuck in a Book

My final slot on A Century of Books turned out to be 1990, and I decided to read The Inn at the Edge of the World by Alice Thomas Ellis, which I bought last year in the Lake District. When I chose …

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30.12.2024

Back by Henry Green – Stuck in a Book

You know when Caustic Cover Critic used to those funny posts of appalling cheap reprints of classics? Here’s an example. Among those that are simply confusing were a few that clearly put the …

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27.12.2024

Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark – Stuck in a Book

When I ranked Muriel Spark’s novels recently, there were a couple I hadn’t yet read. A few people had good words to say about The Bachelor though nobody seemed very enthusiastic about A…

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23.12.2024

Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera – Stuck in a Book

I was quite a way into my choice for 1969 on A Century of Books – Margaret Drabble’s The Waterfall – when I decided I’d had enough. I’m sure I’ll go back and fin…

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22.12.2024

Revisiting an old favourite – Stuck in a Book

When I had a cold a month ago, feeling sorry for myself and tired, the latest Slightly Foxed Edition arrived through my door. I was a bit surprised that it was the series’ first fictional off…

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14.12.2024

#133: Do We Have Reading Rules? and Two Willa Cather Novels – Stuck in a Book

Willa Cather and reading rules – welcome to episode 133 of ‘Tea or Books?’! In the first half, we discuss reading rules – when we’re picking up a book, are there certa…

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11.12.2024

Another Century of Books Round-Up – Stuck in a Book

As December continues apace, so does my need to catch up with A Century of Books posts. So here is a whole bunch of mini-reviews (more mini than review) of books I’ve read for ACOB that I don…

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08.12.2024

Why I chose these books in Hay-on-Wye – Stuck in a Book

I’ve been away in Hay-on-Wye for a couple of nights, staying in a lovely airbnb cottage with some friends. I’ve stayed overnight in Hay once before, but I’ve never done two nights…

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06.12.2024

Choose by M. de Momet – Stuck in a Book

Last year, I decided to watch three films which dealt with oh-so-relatable problem of “Oops! I remarried and my first spouse is still alive!” The first was the execrable modern schlock …

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04.12.2024

A Woman’s Place 1910-1975 by Ruth Adam – Stuck in a Book

I have well over a hundred Persephone Books, and the hit rate of successes is astonishingly high. There’s a reason that they have the devotion and respect of legions of readers. And so why ha…

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27.11.2024

Frederica by Georgette Heyer – Stuck in a Book

Believe it or not, I’ve only read one Georgette Heyer before – I listened to April Lady and really enjoyed it. In the three years since, I’ve bought quite a few Heyer novels but h…

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25.11.2024

Books from Malvern and Tewkesbury – Stuck in a Book

As mentioned, I spent a couple of nights in beautiful Malvern – sadly I felt pretty ropey with a cold, but it didn’t stop me popping into the excellent Malvern Bookshop, and Amnesty sec…

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24.11.2024

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Hello hello – it’s been a while since I did a Weekend Miscellany, hasn’t it? And I am spending at least some of the weekend in a lovely airbnb in Malvern, as a little treat to mys…

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13.11.2024

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham – Stuck in a Book

Someone in my book group chose The Razor’s Edge (1944) by W. Somerset Maugham after hearing it recommended on a YouTube video – making it my second Maugham of the year, after reading Th…

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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White – #ReadingWales25 – Stuck in a Book

Unnecessary Rankings! Virginia Woolf – Stuck in a Book

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Project 24: Book #5 – Stuck in a Book

Dew on the Grass by Eiluned Lewis – #ReadingWales25 – Stuck in a Book

#136: Does Reading Make Us Better People? and And Then There Were None vs The Invisible Host – Stuck in a Book

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Project 24: Book Four – Stuck in a Book

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Flickerbook by Leila Berg – Stuck in a Book

Pipers and a Dancer by Stella Benson – Stuck in a Book

Overpriced Walnuts: Peas in a Podcast #20! – Stuck in a Book

A whole bunch of non-reviews – Stuck in a Book

#135: Can Literary Fiction Be A Comfort Read? and Enter Ghost vs Lady Living Alone – Stuck in a Book

Project 24: Book Three – Stuck in a Book

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

Unnecessary Rankings! Daphne du Maurier – Stuck in a Book

O is for Oyeyemi – Stuck in a Book

Project 24: Books 1 and 2 – Stuck in a Book

Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul – Stuck in a Book

A final haul before Project 24 – Stuck in a Book

I Think You’re Doing Toothpaste Wrong: Peas in a Podcast #19! – Stuck in a Book

2024: Some Reading Stats – Stuck in a Book

#134: Our Top 10 Books of 2024 – Stuck in a Book

My top books of 2024 – Stuck in a Book

Finishing A Century of Books with Alice Thomas Ellis – Stuck in a Book

Back by Henry Green – Stuck in a Book

Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark – Stuck in a Book

Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera – Stuck in a Book

Revisiting an old favourite – Stuck in a Book

#133: Do We Have Reading Rules? and Two Willa Cather Novels – Stuck in a Book

Another Century of Books Round-Up – Stuck in a Book

Why I chose these books in Hay-on-Wye – Stuck in a Book

Choose by M. de Momet – Stuck in a Book

A Woman’s Place 1910-1975 by Ruth Adam – Stuck in a Book

Frederica by Georgette Heyer – Stuck in a Book

Books from Malvern and Tewkesbury – Stuck in a Book

StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany – Stuck in a Book

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham – Stuck in a Book

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