This year’s total was 143 (give or take a few physical books I may have missed), of which 48 (33%) were non-fiction. The non-fiction percentage is down from 2023, but I maintain that Tony Judt’s Postwar and Caroline Elkins’ Legacy of Violence both count as at least two books. As always, here are some of […]

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I’ll be posting my list of top reads and final tally of books read later this week, but earlier this year I’d already decided on my favourites for the annual “Best Books of 2024” list for the Shepherd.com book recommendation site. The great thing about this list is that it doesn’t focus only on what […]

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The wonderful book recommendation site BookDNA.com once again asked me to contribute my best reads for 2024 (read in 2024 vs published in 2024, which is why one of my recommendations was published in 1959. At least the other two came out in 2023…. You can read my list here, but be sure to check […]

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Time for the reading update. FICTION The Shamshine Blind, Paz Pardo. California noir set in a world in which Argentina defeated the US thanks to the use of psychopigments, colourful chemicals that produce emotion on contact. Our heroine is a the classic downtrodden detective hero – a Psychopigment Enforcement Agent caught up in a tangled […]

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Open Road Media, who have released the new editions of my ebooks, have several very dangerous daily newsletters that promote all the special deals on their books. You can choose the genres that make you the happiest and get ready to add more books to your collection. For example, the latest Portalist newsletter features sf […]

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It’s COLD HILLSIDE’s turn for the $1.99 offer. On sale August 25th on the usual sites (US, Great Britain, and Canada). And just because it’s so pretty, here’s the fabulous new ebook cover again.

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I was asked by the good people at the book recommendation site Booklisti to put together a list on whatever I wanted. What I wanted was to talk about my favourite retellings and reimaginings of fairy tales, because that is one of the sub-genres I love the most. (So much that I indulged in it […]

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The new (and beautiful) ebook editions of Cold Hillside and A Terrible Beauty are on sale for $1.99 until August 2nd, wherever fine ebooks (and some not so fine ones, I suppose) are sold!

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BLOOD & CHRYSANTHEMUMS ebook is on sale today (July 18) for $1.99 at all the usual places.

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The new ebook edition of THE NIGHT INSIDE is on sale at Amazon and Barnes & Noble for $1.99 today (July 14th) only.

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