2025 – A Year in Novels

Slight delay, but here is a review of all completed books of 2025. Stopping midway through Shogun and a Mitchener brick as well as 4-5 other novels slowed me down a bit. A couple of books in Spanish also took a while. Most were read in physical form but a fair few were on theContinueContinue reading “2025 – A Year in Novels”

2024 – A Year in Novels

Here is my review of books from 2024. Full list below. About one a week, some amazing, some a bit painful, most chosen at random in bookshops worldwide (particular shoutout to a world-class op shop in Melbourne that has a classics section!) or on Kindle (occasionally) or borrowed from others’ bookshelves. I make a pointContinueContinue reading “2024 – A Year in Novels”

2023 – A Year in Novels

Here is my book review for 2023. Full book list below. 51 for the year, not bad. Some took 1-2 days, others 2-3 weeks. A few were abandoned halfway because life is too short.  Nearly all were read in physical version, though a few were on Kindle, especially those needing constant dictionary access. Nearly allContinueContinue reading “2023 – A Year in Novels”