Hellow Womble & Chums.
Read Ian Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers. Not great. Just started listening to Charles Beaumont's A Spy At War and started reading William Shaw The Birdwatcher.
Stay safe out there.

If you get the chance to hear Xueting talk do go. Fascinating insight into old and new stories in China and the changing face of fiction in a very diverse country.

Is it fun?

I do like it when an author pops up and says hello.

I really like it, but I can see why people don't. Read it as a 14 year old and loved it, much to the surprise of my English teacher and me. Probably the gloom that hangs about it.

Enjoyed these books. Got me theough a tough spot in life.

Struggling to read at the moment. We are in the middle of moving hone that should be complete tomorrow.

Slowly moving through the English language version of the French anthology Michael Moorcock's Legends of The Multiverse.

@thecromcast.bsky.social Joining you from across the pond.

Love the cover. Hope the book is as good.

I've packed on hardbacks too as a general rule.

I have just finished re-reading Moorcock's first Corum trilogy. Which I thoroughly enjoyed now on tovtge English language version ofvthe French anthology Michael Moorcock's Legends of The Multiverse.

It may be an adjustment, but I bet authors see less of it than ever before.
Books are expensive.

Reading 100+ books a year I have started to notice I am reading more from the library and second-hand books. Less of my money entering the publishing industry. Is thisbjustcthe way of things?

Books are expensive. I recently bought a 320 page hardback, produced by @gollancz.bsky.social it was £25. For me that is about 6 hours of entertainment. Even paperbacks are entering the £11 to £13 range, with new eBooks similar.

Hello followers of The Dark Womble. Been devouring @guygavrielkay.bsky.social's River of Stars. Power & politics in Song Dynasty China (Kitai). Hints of The Water Margin.
Also listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Excellent audio production and the story has had me chuckling in places.

Paul McAuley was at @srfantasyclub.bsky.social this week, along with Kim Curran. Both very engaging and new books sound good.

I enjoyed the Miller.

Hello readers. I am thoroughly enjoying Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. While travelling I am listening to a Joe Picket novel,Endangered by C.J.Box.
All good.

Very cool. Sending good luck.

I presume you like it as you like a malt.

See @katepreach.bsky.social in Womble's replies here and join in the book club later in the month.

I am savouring @guygavrielkay.bsky.social Under Heaven. Need to get this devoured and its sequel by mid-Feb. Just enjoying it though. 20% in

Chuckle. I enjoy a Malt and ine with a good book is a pleasure.

Sweet little dot

Very late to the party, but just started Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven. Great writing. Like a lovely malt worth savouring.

Well I need your employment to be gainful if I want the books. Be well my Goth chum.

Beyond my understanding. Time a lot more controls were placed on the web.

I shall wait and spend my pennies on a real one.

Crime Anthology.

Bit late to the party but..... just finished VE Schwab's Bury Our Bones. Very readable. Now starting Michael J.Sullivan's Theft of Swords and a crine anthology Daggers Drawn. TTFN