Four copies of A Severed Head, one a hardback

Another Iris Murdoch re-read, I managed to fit in "A Severed Head" for #1961Week - hooray! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/b... #booksky 💙📚

Five copies of The Bell, one hardback, on a yellow patterned background

I've re-read another Iris Murdoch - "The Bell" - librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/b... #booksky 📚💙

Five copies of The Bell, one hardback, laid out on a yellow patterned background

I've re-read another Iris Murdoch - "The Bell" - librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/b... #booksky 📚💙

I suspect it will remain one of mine now!

Cover of D. E. Stevenson's Bel Lamington

My first (maybe only) read for #1961Club - D. E. Stevenson's "Bel Lamington", an excellent one librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/a... @deanstpress.bsky.social #booksky📚💙

ebook covers of Blind Date with a Book, Chasing the Clouds Away and The Cornish Beach Hut Wedding

Three new reads from authors I already knew – Emily Kerr – “Blind Date with a Book”, Debbie Macomber – “Chasing the Clouds Away” and Jane Linfoot – “The Cornish Beach Hut Wedding” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/t... #booksky

Loved this book and can't wait to read more by this author!

I do like to keep some on the shelf ready at all times!

Alice Amelia's "How Korean Corn Dogs Changed my Life" and Margaret Drabble's "The Great Good Places"

Double book review! Alice Amelia's "How Korean Corn Dogs Changed my Life" and Margaret Drabble's "The Great Good Places" - two quite different approaches to memoir librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/t... #booksky 📚💙💡

Three packed shelves of books (one double-stacked) in a wooden bookcase

And State of the TBR April 2026, published (yesterday) on the right day this month! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/s... #booksky 📚💙💡

Paperback of The Lost Rainforests of Britain on a dark blue background

Another Emma and Liz Reading Together book finished - Guy Shrubsole's excellent "The Lost Rainforests of Britain" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/b... #booksky 📚💙💡

Paperback copy of Cymru and I on a pale wood surface

A bit of a catch-up with what's been going on on the blog ... One for #ReadingWales2026 "Cymru & I" by various writers from different marginalised communities librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/b... #booksky 📚💙💡

There's pretty well always an ominous love triangle ...

Yes, I have them all and I'm on my fifth go round all of them in publication order ... I warmed to Message on about the third read.

Four copies of The Sandcastle, one hardback, three paperback

More slowly than I had hoped, working my way through Iris Murdoch's novels again - up to The Sandcastle now. librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/b... #booksky @irismurdoch.bsky.social 📚💙

e-book cover of Lifeboat at the End of the World

Another candidate for a book of the year this year: Dominic Gregory's wonderful "Lifeboat at the End of the World" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/b... @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙💡

Ebook cover of Finding Albion

An excellent book which I am sure will be one of my Books of the Year: Zakia Sewell's "Finding Albion" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/b... #booksky 📚💙💡

ebook covers of Stride for Stride and The Perfect Match

Two LGBTQIA sports novels – Kim Stephenson – “Stride for Stride” and Adiba Jaigirdar – “The Perfect Match”, the latter of which comes under #ReadingIreland26 librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/t... #booksky 📚💙

Thank you!

Ebook covers of Home Sweet Home in Brambleton and All Booked Up

Book review catch-up (2) Two fun light reads – Fay Keenan – “Home Sweet Home in Brambleton” and Melody Carlson – “All Booked Up” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/t... #booksky 📚💙

Ebook covers of To the Moon and Back and Minbak

Book review catchup (1) Looking at two different cultures – Eliana Ramage – “To the Moon and Back” and Ela Lee – “Minbak” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/l... #booksky 📚💙

Three packed shelves of books

State of the TBR - March 2026, chock-full of wonderful independent publishers #ReadIndies librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/s... #booksky 💙📚

That's the only one I've read, too. So good.

Not That I'm Bitter on a tablet and So Tell Me What You Want in hardback on a blue background

And two interesting memoirs from women in entertainment: Helen Lederer – “Not That I’m Bitter” and Nicki Chapman – “So Tell Me What You Want” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/t... #booksky 📚💙💡

Paperback of My City, My Home on a blue background

A wonderful book I happened upon in The Heath Bookshop a while ago: Partha Mandal, Zarah Alam, Anne Cockitt, Natasha Uzair, Mohammad Farooque (eds.) – “My City, My Home” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/b... #ReadIndies2026 @sampadarts.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙💡

Thank you for recommending my blog!

A line of Penguin Modern Poets books

For @kaggsy59.bsky.social , the Penguin Modern Poets books in The Book Tower.

Bar chart of monthly web stats showing a large increase at the end

I've been having weird stuff going on with my WordPress websites/blogs stats, had an explanation (of sorts) from a WordPress "happiness engineer" and shared our discussion (with permission) on my work blog for the help and edification of others in the same position. libroediting.com/2026/02/19/t...

Interesting, any particular reason? What's your least favourite? I used to find this one terribly glamorous so my tastes have changed over time (age 14-54, so hardly surprising!).

Four copies of "The Flight From the Enchanter", one hardback first edition and three paperbacks of various vintages

... and thoughts on "The Flight From the Enchanter" possibly only interesting to other Iris Murdoch obsessives ... librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/b... #booksky 📚💙