Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg #NovNov25 The fractured relationship between a mother and daughter is laid bare in Hanna Stoltenberg's award-winning debut work. This relationship is seen entirely from the perspective of the mother Karin, a restless creature who seems more of a spectator in life than an active participant. She picks up strangers in bars; has a series of casual relationships via dating apps and doesn't much care for her job in a jewellery shop.

Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg #NovNov25

The fractured relationship between a mother and daughter is laid bare in Hanna Stoltenberg's award-winning debut work. This relationship is seen entirely from the perspective of the mother Karin, a restless creature who seems more of a spectator in life…

(rather plain) ebook cover of Woman in the Pillory

I've been really behind with sharing my book reviews and reading challenge updates so a little flurry now, starting with the amazing novella by Brigitte Reimann (trans. Lucy Jones) - "Woman in the Pillory" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/b... #NovNov25 #booksky 📚💙

Novellas in November Wrap Up Post #NovNov25 Novellas in November is a month-long blogger/social media challenge celebrating the art of the short book. It’s now in it’s sixth year but this is only the 5th year I’ve taken part. Hosted by Cathy of 746 Books and Rebecca of Bookish Beck it runs from 1st to 30th November.

Novellas in November Wrap Up Post #NovNov25

Novellas in November is a month-long blogger/social media challenge celebrating the art of the short book. It’s now in it’s sixth year but this is only the 5th year I’ve taken part. Hosted by Cathy of 746 Books and Rebecca of Bookish Beck it runs from…

#NovNov25 #20BooksOfChristmas: Christmas in Newfoundland and The Christmas Caper #BookReview #FinishingTheSeries25 #ReadAcrossNorthAmerica I've been enjoying Christmas/Holiday stories for the last few month and these were two more enjoyable reads. They are also both novellas, so November is the perfect time to read them, as well as one of them being a book set in Newfoundland, a province that I hadn't read a book set in yet, this year. Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries (Sgt.

#NovNov25 #20BooksOfChristmas: Christmas in Newfoundland and The Christmas Caper #BookReview #FinishingTheSeries25 #ReadAcrossNorthAmerica

I've been enjoying Christmas/Holiday stories for the last few month and these were two more enjoyable reads. They are also both novellas, so November is the…

Four novellas for Novellas in November #NovNov25 The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (2016) Not available in French. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (2023) French title: Misogynie. Wanted by Philippe Claudel. (2025) Not available in English. Two …

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Four novellas for Novellas in November #NovNov25 The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (2016) Not available in French. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (2023) French title: Misogynie. Wanted by Philippe Claudel. (2025) Not available in English. Two Old Women by Velda Wallis (1993) French title: Seules dans le Grand Nord. Translated by Françoise Torchiana. Illustrated by Christophe Chabouté. It’s the end of the month and I’m still on time to post this billet about four novellas I read this week.

Four novellas for Novellas in November #NovNov25

The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (2016) Not available in French. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (2023) French title: Misogynie. Wanted by Philippe Claudel. (2025) Not available in English. Two Old Women by Velda Wallis (1993) French title:…

Nonfiction November and NovellasinNovember 2025: recap #NonficNov #NovNov25 November is always a super busy month for book bloggers, and I only participate in three events! Yesterday, I published my recap for #scifimonth, so here is one today for Nonfi…

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Agostino by Alberto Moravia (tr. Michael F. Moore) First published in the mid-1940s, Alberto Moravia’s novella, Agostino, is a striking portrayal of young boy’s loss of innocence over the course of a seemingly idyllic summer. Thirteen-year-old Agos…

From the archive for Alberto Moravia, #BornOnThisDay in 1907, my thoughts on AGOSTINO (tr. Michael F. Moore).

One of my favourite novellas about the loss of innocence. Spare, insightful and beautifully written - a rediscovered gem for #NovNov25 #BOTD 💙📚

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Sarah Miller Walters – “Woods Ware China at the Serving Hatch”, Stephen Pihlaja – “Narrative and Religion in the Superdiverse City” in paperback on a flowery background

Why indulgent? They weren't on the list! Sarah Miller Walters – “Woods Ware China at the Serving Hatch”, Stephen Pihlaja – “Narrative and Religion in the Superdiverse City” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t... #NovNov25 #NonfictionNovember2025 #booksky 📚💙💡 @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social

Review by sarahmatthews - Loitering With Intent Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark Read on audio Narrator: Marjorie Anderson RNIB Talking...

Here’s my contribution to #NovellasInNovember - Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark, 1981, a wonderfully clever story where life imitates art in the literary world 💙📚 #NovNov25 #BookReview #BookSky #audiobook
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For those on the #TranslationThurs hashtag. #BookSky #NovNov25

Wrapping Up Nonfiction November and Novellas in November: What I Read This year I couldn’t also add in German Literature Month, but it, too, is such a good event! Here is the wrap on what I read this month. I have one I’m still finishing on audio, but it …

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“Happiness is a very fragile thing.” (Barbara Comyns) It was JacquiWine’s review of The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns (1985) last month that encouraged me pick this from the TBR in time for Novellas in November, hosted by hosted by Cathy and Bookish …

Today on the blog, a reworked fairytale from Barbara Comyns for #NovNov25 “Happiness is a very fragile thing.” (Barbara Comyns) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/25/h...

Nonfiction November AND Novellas in November: The Books I Added to my TBR It’s been an awesome month of nonfiction–hasn’t it? I’m still getting around reading posts at participating blogs, so I’m sure this list will grown. This week we are s…

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“…an aspect of tranquillity and peculiar beauty…” #novnov25 #maryshelley Today’s post is about another book which qualifies for two November events – Non Fiction November and Novellas in November (as we are allowed to include short non fiction works). I&#821…

On the Ramblings today, another book which counts for two reading events - #NovNov25 and #NonFictionNovember. The book tells of Mary and Percy Shelley's travels in post-Revolutionary Europe - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/a...

Lady L. by Romain Gary Twice winner of the Prix Goncourt (once under a pen name), Romain Gary was a French writer, diplomat, film director and WW2 pilot of great repute. His highly engaging memoir, Promise at Dawn, is by…

"Lady L. hated yellow and she wondered how the flowers had found their way into the Ming vase. There had been a time when every bouquet in the house had first to be presented to her for inspection and approval." #NovNov25 #BookSky 💙📚

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Read this for #NovNov25.

Three more novellas for #NovNov25: Hesion,Wood and Keun Three more reviews of very different novellas for you. Rónán Hession’s follow-up to the lovely Leonard and Hungry Paul, the buddy read for #NovNov25 and a German classic from the 1930s which …

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“That means you’ll simply be deleted.” #TheTrial #Kafka #GLM2025 #NovNov25 One of the books I had lined up as a possibility for our #1925Club was a big hitter from that year – “The Trial” by Franz Kafka. It’s a book which I don’t think I&#821…

On the blog today I revisit “The Trial” for the first time in decades - what a book! #Novnov25 #GLM2025 More here kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/t...

“The power of books, this marvellous invention of astute human intelligence.” (Mariama Bâ) My Around the World in 80 Books reading challenge is much neglected, so I was pleased to find a novella from a Sengalese writer in my local charity bookshop/goldmine, in time for Novellas in Novemb…

Today on the blog, a feminist classic for #NovNov25 “The power of books, this marvellous invention of astute human intelligence.” (Mariama Bâ) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/21/t...

Book Review – The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 About the Book In the rain-slick alleys of Kamathipura, truth is a luxury few can afford. When Meher disappears, the city shrugs—but one man refuses to forget. Vishy, a solitary book seller with a …

“Atmospheric, gritty, suspenseful”

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Shrimps and Sink Pits. Book Review for “Seascraper” by Benjamin Wood. Summary: "Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach and scrape for shrimp, spending the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street, and rehearsing songs on his guitar.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Shrimps and Sink Pits - my #bookreview for #Seascraper by #BenjaminWood on my #bookblog now. I read this for #NovNov25 #NovellasinNovember #histficreadingchallenge #2025NewReleaseChallenge and #6DegreesofSeparation for December! #FridayFiction #FictionFriday

Book Review – The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 About the Book In the rain-slick alleys of Kamathipura, truth is a luxury few can afford. When Meher disappears, the city shrugs—but one man refuses to forget. Vishy, a solitary book seller with a …

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Book Review – The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 About the Book In the rain-slick alleys of Kamathipura, truth is a luxury few can afford. When Meher disappears, the city shrugs—but one man refuses to forget. Vishy, a solitary book seller with a past he won’t speak of, begins a quiet rebellion against apathy. As he searches for Meher, the shadows grow darker, and the cost of remembering becomes unbearable.

'Atmospheric, gritty, suspenseful' My review of noir thriller set in Mumbai, The Forgotten Daughter by Joshi #NovNov25 #books #bookreviews #thriller #booksky

Cities Without Palms by Tarek Eltayer #NovNov25 Searching the bookshelves for something suitable for Novellas in November I came across Cities Without Palms, a 1992 novella by Sudanese-born author Tarek Eltayer. It's a work of fiction about a journey born out of desperation, disease and famine. It's the story of Hamza, a gentle young man from Wad al-Nar, a Sudanese village ravaged by drought and crop failure. When his father abandoned the family, Hamza feels that responsibility for his mother and two younger sisters now falls upon his shoulders.

Cities Without Palms by Tarek Eltayer #NovNov25

Searching the bookshelves for something suitable for Novellas in November I came across Cities Without Palms, a 1992 novella by Sudanese-born author Tarek Eltayer. It's a work of fiction about a journey born out of desperation, disease and famine.…

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: The Wall Jumper Peter Schneider: Der Mauerspringer (The Wall Jumper), 1982 I am once again doing double duty with this German novella (translated into English by Leigh Harfey) for the two reading challenges this m…

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#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: The Wall Jumper Peter Schneider: Der Mauerspringer (The Wall Jumper), 1982 I am once again doing double duty with this German novella (translated into English by Leigh Harfey) for the two reading challenges this m…

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#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: The Wall Jumper Peter Schneider: Der Mauerspringer (The Wall Jumper), 1982 I am once again doing double duty with this German novella (translated into English by Leigh Harfey) for the two reading challenges this m…

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: The Wall Jumper - yet another book about my new hometown
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Book Review – The Sea Road West by Sally Rena #NOVNOV25 About the Book The road from the Scottish mainland to Kintillo lies across a ridge of craggy and forbidding hills, a natural barrier isolating the peninsular from the rest of the world and making K…

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Reunion by Fred Uhlman Thank you to our hosts Bookish Beck and Cathy at 746 Books. Why not visit their blogs? It takes a lot of work to host an event like Novellas in November. Leave them a nice comment. My Interest I bo…

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