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Review of 'Hieroglyphics and other stories' by Anne Donovan, read for @kaggsy59 and Lizzy Siddal's #ReadIndies.
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Winding Up the Week #466
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/11/winding-up-the-week-466/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, mark a host of literary anniversaries (including Drop Everything and Read Day and George Orwell’s annual Hate Week), revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. #AmReading #Bookstodon #DEARDay #HateWeek #GeorgeOrwell #1961Club @kaggsy59 -
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers -
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers -
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers -
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers -
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers -
Winding Up the Week #456
https://bookjotter.com/2026/01/17/winding-up-the-week-456/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #ToveTrove #ReadIndies6 @kaggsy59 @bookmunch -
Winding Up the Week #456
https://bookjotter.com/2026/01/17/winding-up-the-week-456/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #ToveTrove #ReadIndies6 @kaggsy59 @bookmunch -
Winding Up the Week #456
https://bookjotter.com/2026/01/17/winding-up-the-week-456/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #ToveTrove #ReadIndies6 @kaggsy59 @bookmunch -
Winding Up the Week #456
https://bookjotter.com/2026/01/17/winding-up-the-week-456/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #ToveTrove #ReadIndies6 @kaggsy59 @bookmunch -
Winding Up the Week #456
https://bookjotter.com/2026/01/17/winding-up-the-week-456/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #ToveTrove #ReadIndies6 @kaggsy59 @bookmunch -
Winding Up the Week #445
https://bookjotter.com/2025/11/01/winding-up-the-week-445/
As we step into November, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the 1961 Club, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #AmReading #Books #BookReview #1961Club @kaggsy59 -
Winding Up the Week #443
https://bookjotter.com/2025/10/18/winding-up-the-week-443/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce both Club 1925 and Margaret Atwood Reading Month, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #amreading #bookstodon #Books #1925Club #MARM2025 @kaggsy59 @buriedinprint -
“It is a dance, a collaboration, this outrage”. #degenerateart @OldStPublishing
Old Street Publishing is an indie press which I only came across relatively recently, but I've loved both of the books I've read from them, each by Sheila Fitzpatrick: "The Death of Stalin" and "The Shortest History of the Soviet Union". That first title came from a series they'd launched called 'Great Events' which they describe as '
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“It is a dance, a collaboration, this outrage”. #degenerateart @OldStPublishing
Old Street Publishing is an indie press which I only came across relatively recently, but I've loved both of the books I've read from them, each by Sheila Fitzpatrick: "The Death of Stalin" and "The Shortest History of the Soviet Union". That first title came from a series they'd launched called 'Great Events' which they describe as '
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“To find the music of the words…” #williamjtait #adaybetweentheweathers
The books of indie publisher Michael Walmer have featured here on the Ramblings a number of times; he releases a wide range of interesting fiction, poetry and non-fiction, and since his relocation to the Shetland Islands (he was previously based in Australia), his focus has turned to writings from that area. Specifically, he launched an imprint called Northus Shetland Classics, and I've covered a…
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“To find the music of the words…” #williamjtait #adaybetweentheweathers
The books of indie publisher Michael Walmer have featured here on the Ramblings a number of times; he releases a wide range of interesting fiction, poetry and non-fiction, and since his relocation to the Shetland Islands (he was previously based in Australia), his focus has turned to writings from that area. Specifically, he launched an imprint called Northus Shetland Classics, and I've covered a…
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“But sometimes, though rarely, some men go out never to return.” #theruinedmap
Back in 2024, I read the classic book "The Woman in the Dunes" by Kōbō Abe for Japanese Literature Month and was very taken with it, if a little unnerved by the claustrophobic atmosphere of the story. At the time, I thought I'd like to explore his writing but I've somehow never got to any of his other books.
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“…the self and the other always meet in the end…” #kafkaesque
There's been a run of books recently which have arrived at the Ramblings and not even skimmed Mount TBR; and for once, I can remember where I heard about this recent arrival! The book is "Kafkaesque" by Maïa Hruska, translated by Sam Taylor, and it was featured in one of the regular newsletters I get from bookshops; it sounded right up my street so I had to send off for it straight away, and it arrived when…
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“…the self and the other always meet in the end…” #kafkaesque
There's been a run of books recently which have arrived at the Ramblings and not even skimmed Mount TBR; and for once, I can remember where I heard about this recent arrival! The book is "Kafkaesque" by Maïa Hruska, translated by Sam Taylor, and it was featured in one of the regular newsletters I get from bookshops; it sounded right up my street so I had to send off for it straight away, and it arrived when…
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“Some call this equality.” #nelliebly
Memo to self: you really should start making a note about where you've heard about a particular book as it's rare that the information remains in your head!! The book I want to share my thoughts about today is one I picked as long ago as 2015 and I have no idea where it or its author first appeared in my sight-line.
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/some-call-this-equality-nelliebly/
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“Some call this equality.” #nelliebly
Memo to self: you really should start making a note about where you've heard about a particular book as it's rare that the information remains in your head!! The book I want to share my thoughts about today is one I picked as long ago as 2015 and I have no idea where it or its author first appeared in my sight-line.
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/some-call-this-equality-nelliebly/
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“The reality was no doubt much more complex than this summary”. #borges
Having spent a good amount of time in an infinite, never-ending library inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, it was kind of inevitable that I would want to go on and read some of that author's work. I have been gradually making my way through a beautiful volume of his "Collected Fictions", translated by Andrew Hurley, and I realised when checking that I was nearly at the end.
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“The reality was no doubt much more complex than this summary”. #borges
Having spent a good amount of time in an infinite, never-ending library inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, it was kind of inevitable that I would want to go on and read some of that author's work. I have been gradually making my way through a beautiful volume of his "Collected Fictions", translated by Andrew Hurley, and I realised when checking that I was nearly at the end.
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“I’d rather spend time with the living.” #julianbarnes #nothingtobefrightenedof
Back in March BBC4 showed a couple of interviews with Julian Barnes, an author whose work I love and who I've been reading since my twenties. One was a repeat of an older programme and one a new interview, and they reminded me that I still have some of his books on the TBR. I was in the mood for some non-fiction, and so I decided I would take a look at his…
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“I’d rather spend time with the living.” #julianbarnes #nothingtobefrightenedof
Back in March BBC4 showed a couple of interviews with Julian Barnes, an author whose work I love and who I've been reading since my twenties. One was a repeat of an older programme and one a new interview, and they reminded me that I still have some of his books on the TBR. I was in the mood for some non-fiction, and so I decided I would take a look at his…
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“…you didn’t get to be a Communist without learning to ignore what was in front of your face.” #alexeisayle
As I've said a number of times before, I'm a great believe in every book having its time and today's title is a fine example of that. I was kindly sent this (and its sequel) by lovely Liz back in 2017, and it's lingered on the TBR since waiting for me to be ready for it. However it called to me in March and turned out to be the perfect read - it's…
