I'm back on GeekDad today reviewing 'America as it Happened', a history of the country, starting from before it even existed. It's from the excellent @whatonearth.bsky.social books. Good luck to them - The 2nd edition will make for interesting reading. geekdad.com/2026/03/amer... #booksky
What happened is I mentioned this absurd idea to a BBC producer and now I am writing an afternoon play for Radio 4 called THE CALL OF CTHUDO, to be recorded sometime in June with (ideally) various Green Wing alumni doing their best 1930's detective voices.
New book review. 'The Library of Traumatic Memory,' by Neil Jordan from @headofzeus.bsky.social. It's a novel that captivated me in places and lost me in others. #booksky #sff potsandplots.blog/2026/03/12/t...
If we really want to capture the essence of Britishness on our currency we should just go with pictures of Notey McNoteface.
My dad had Parkinson's and sometimes Ford's movements are uncanny.
I haven't banked enough emotional energy to watch the new series yet.
My two themes intersect as my current read unexpectedly has a chapter about miniature daffodils.
This niche for this joke is just a nanometer wide.
Storygraph are giving away ten copies of The Sleepless! Ends the 18th of March (for UK peeps) app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/21...
Yeah. I came away a bit disappointed.
And not just because it was in no way obvious that the book wasn't the whole story.
I have an Angelica Gigas, the tricky part is stopping it being eaten by slugs.
A twig covered with small white blossoms with slightly pink centres
The Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' has blossomed #GardensHour 🌱
We watched it with one of our teenagers recently. They went from "oh god, do I have to?" to "Oh god this is brilliant" in two short hours.
Morning Womble, I have The Memory Police on my bookshelf, unread. I should probably bring that down and have a go too!
Currently reading Neil Jordan's 'The Library of Traumatic Memory' which is intriguing me greatly.
Monte Cristo still continues. Nearly 500 pages down!
#SixOnSaturday is an explosion 💥of #Spring color. I haven’t bought any new bulbs in two years because I really wouldn’t know where to put them at this point😂🌱🌱
#Flowers #Gardening #SpringFlowers #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Plants
Another grey Saturday, hopefully brightened up by a #sixonsaturday post. Photos from around the garden as spring continues springing. #gardens #gardening
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Cover of Our Lady of Blades - a silhouette against a blue-hued light with two swords. Sebastien De Castell
The cover reveal for Our Lady of Blades dropped into my inbox a little while ago, and as it's discoverable online by searching at the author's website, figured it's worth shouting about a little bit.
Still looking forward to it? @fantasybooknerd.bsky.social @eleni-argyro.bsky.social
Squeezing out a quick review before the end of the week.
'Death and the Gardener' by Georgi Gospodinov.
A beautiful read from start to finish #booksky
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I wasn't entirely sure of what to make of 'Nonesuch' by Francis Spufford. I enjoyed reading it, and elements of it are great, but the central story felt a little thin. #booksky #bookreview potsandplots.blog/2026/03/04/n...
My predicted highlight of the week is wandering down to my local bookshop and picking a copy of this up.
There's something on message about leaving a gap on the shelf and then returning later in time to find it refilled with another copy of the book.
My reads from storygraph. Pagans by James Allistair Henry Vineland by Thomas Pynchon On the Calculations of Volume Parts 1 and 2 The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B Miller Trials of Empire By Richard Swan Hawkmoon Graphic Novel And Ben Elton's autobiography on audiobook
February was a fun reading month! #booksky #storygraph
Three days in a row of blog posts. They really are like buses. Here's the inspiration I found last month from #booksky and beyond. potsandplots.blog/2026/03/01/g...
With huge thanks to @financialtimes.com for featuring our forthcoming book Woman Alive in their #htsi section - as introduced by Graham Norton and illustrated by the fabulous @tomgauld.bsky.social
This book will be published next weekend on #internationalwomensday
Morning Womble, I am hoping to finish 'Nonesuch' by Francis Spufford today, which I am very much enjoying, but I need it to nail the dismount.
After that, I shall start on 'Death and the Gardener' by Georgi Gospodinov.
Not much Monte Cristo reading this week...
1940s London thanks to Francis Spufford and Nonesuch.
Well, it's out about in the world now, it seems!
Check out the US cover for the next big novel, EXHUMATION, out October 2026.
Lost my reviewing mojo for a few days, which always seems to ebb and flow. Back again today with a book that's been out for a couple of years, but well worth a look, 'The Curse of Pietro Houdini' by @derekbmiller.bsky.social potsandplots.blog/2026/02/27/t...
I was wondering where I'd left my reading list...
Morning Womble! Today, I will finish 'The Trials of Empire' by Richard Swan, which made for some dark breakfast reading!
I'll then move on to 'On the Calculation of Volume (II)' which has been whispering to me all week.
My side read of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' is going well too!
It's Saturday and I've managed another #sixonasaturday post! potsandplots.blog/2026/02/21/s... #gardens
I haven't listened to an audiobook for years, and then two come along at once. I very much enjoyed listening to Ben Elton's "What Have I Done," read by the author at characteristic high speed! potsandplots.blog/2026/02/20/w... #booksky
Copy of Georgi Gospodinov's "Death and The Gardener" held in front of a forlorn bit of garden
My latest #book arrival is very on brand. Bit worried it might break me though. #reading
