Castles Galore in North Wales
byNorth Wales is a scenic place – full of the most beautiful countryside – mountains, valleys, and an amazing coastline. But what anchors it…
Reading
The God of the Woods
byI’ve been looking for a satisfying combination of historical fiction, mystery, crime thriller, and literary fiction (something along the lines of Homecoming) for some…
Watching/Listening
July 2026 TV watching
byI don’t know about you, but I’m having a hard time facing my first couple of weeks without a World Cup game for god knows how…
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7.6 Life After Life
byI stumbled onto this book pretty randomly, so I had no idea what I was getting into. The premise was interesting. The prose was…
7.6 My Beloved Life
byMy Beloved Life had been sitting unread on my bookshelf ever since I finished We That Are Young. I’d got the two back-to-back, craving…
6.6 Second Life
byJust from the flimsy book synopsis alone, I should have realized there wasn’t much meat to this thriller. But I casually flipped through the…
Best books from the last Decade
byMy social media feed is full of people comparing their 2016 selves to their 2026 selves, posting pictures of themselves 10 years ago and…
8 The Marriage Portrait
byThe Marriage Portrait has been sitting unread on my shelf ever since I read the heartbreaking Hamnet. I knew this book was about a…