Could I ask for some advice? My library has switched its ebooks service from Overdrive to Borrowbox. I can't find a way to create a wishlist or TBR pile in Borrowbox, so every time I want to borrow a new book, I'll have to scroll through the entire catalogue, or write down on a bit of paper (how quaint!) which books the library has that I might want to read. Am I being stupid? Is there a way to create a TBR pile?
Someone's studied the stats on Instagram hashtag posts about authors
https://electricliterature.com/whos-the-most-instagrammed-writer-of-all-time-9a3...
Double spot for numbers fifteen and sixteen #countingbooks
Thirteen: Unlucky for some, but not for me in my weird little number quest. Am currently accepting bets on when people think I might reach number 100 #countingbooks
Double spot for numbers ten and eleven #countingbooks
Dear Universe
Please can Richard E Grant narrate every single audiobook from now on?
Many thanks
Double spot for numbers eight and nine #countingbooks
Lyrically written book of short tales - not quite prose, not quite poetry - almost staccato thoughts. I think I'll reserve judgement on whether I like it or not until a few days after I finish it
pickSmart sci-fi set in a well-crafted universe. Strong female lead who's an expert in languages goes into space on a cross-cultural exchange with alien types. We'd all pack prosecco for a trip into space, right? Kept me guessing which genre it would end up in - horror, thriller, romance, detective, hard sci-fi. Turns out a complementary mix of four of them. Keen to see where the next book goes. And I found a number seven too #countingbooks
Spotted a number six. On to number seven... #six #countingbooks Thoroughly enjoying Neal Stephenson's wordsmithery (is wordsmithery a word?) and world-building. It's the book, and series of books, that the phrase 'sprawling epic' could have been designed for
so-soSigh. I wanted to love this, I really, really did. Magical realism sprawling family history tale that brought back echoes of One Hundred Years of Solitude. But like an echo, it doesn't have the power of the original. Maybe it's because I've put One Hundred Years on such a high pedestal #five #countingbooks
pickStory focuses on a group of British imperialists in Burma in the 1920s. An astonishing cavalcade of despicable characters, each more vile and loathsome than the last. Orwell spent five years in Burma in the military police, and this was the first novel he wrote. You can feel him seething with indignation as he writes, and you seethe along with him. Savagely well written.
Project to count consecutively from zero to infinity using numbers spotted in books reaches number four. Only, errr... Infinity minus four left to go. Stay tuned for number five, coming whenever I find it in a book. Might be tonight, might be next week, might be a year from now... #countingbooks #four
Great storyline - check
Witty writing - check
Knowing winks to the audience - check
Great art - check
Science - check
Strong female character - check
Zombies - check
Secret underwater base for baddies - check
Mockingbird's quickly become my second favourite Marvel character after Squirrel Girl
My job in newspaper production's pretty relentless, but every now and again I get to be a bit silly. Came up with these for potential headlines for a story about a restaurant sponsoring a public library. Any I missed?
So I was lying on my back reading on my ipad last night and started getting drowsy. Nodded off and dropped the ipad, which hit me square on the nose. My first reading-related injury I think. Nose fine, ipad fine, ego slightly bruised
I'm a sucker for a well designed book cover, and this one is head and shoulders above everything else at the top of my list. Pretty much all of Adam Roberts' covers are sublime - all done by the same design company, Black Sheep, in the UK. If you're a fellow cover design nerd, check out Chip Kidd's Ted talks on the subject if you haven't already seen them
pickTales of people getting their comeuppance. For anyone who revels in watching 'instant karma' videos on youtube
pickTime travel or PTSD side-effects? I've Read it twice and i'm still unsure. Definitely post-modern, definitely gets the brain going
