Book Reviews
Reviews of books, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Book Review: Sally Urwin’s Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer
“I’m going to do the whole bloody lambing. I’m going to lamb all the lambs. I imagine myself lean and strong, with thin thighs, in attractive waterproof overalls, striding through the lambing shed…
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2022 Reading Year in Review
This year I’ve taken a delightful trip to the Yorkshire Dales with Gervase Phinn’s memoirs, joined the sassy Agatha Raisin on her sleuthing in the Cotswolds, enjoyed the dual timeline supernatural thrillers of…
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Book Reviews: Writing and Reference Books, First Half of 2022
I haven’t done any book reviews here yet. To be honest, I’m not the sort of person to write out long, drawling reviews of what I’ve read. I prefer to keep things brief…
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The Miracle of Story: How J. R. R. Tolkien Taught Me Magic
When I was in junior high, I stumbled across an odd looking paperback amongst the school library shelves. A fat little man with curly black hair, dressed in medieval garb and holding a…
