Tips on Book Club Rules
Bookclubs continue to grow in popularity, and in this blog post I share some of the things I’ve learned in ten years of being a book club member.
Six degrees of Separation January 2023
This months #6degrees takes in beaches, English summers, Chile, the Belfast blitz, deepest Mexico and tipperary and snowflakes.
My year in books - 2022 statistics
My 2022 reading year in stats. How did I get on with my various challenges and which format was the most popular?
Six degrees of Separation - December 2022
This months #6degrees takes in Alaksa, 1940’s Paris, LA, hellscapes in Chechnya, and the arctic circle. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Non Fiction November - Week 3
Non fiction November week 3 concerns stories that are stranger than fiction.
Nonfiction November - Week 2
Week 2 of the non-fiction challenge, where you have to pair a work of non-fiction with a fictional book you have read.
Six Degrees of Separation - November 22
Six degrees of separation starts with a naked chef and takes in Seattle, koalas, rural tipperary, fairy tales and a life without technology in the west of Ireland.
NonFiction November - My year in Nonfiction
Week one of nonfiction November and time to look back over my reading year. Still a few weeks left to add a few more but it’s been an interesting and varied year.
October 22 Round Up
My round up includes murals, musicals, banshees, Venice, Americana, shoegazing and the decline of Russia. A pretty normal month.
September Round Up
My monthly round up features the cliffs of Moher, serial killers, fishing programmes and covid.
Six degrees of Separation - October
#6degrees of separation for October, starting with Notes of a scandal and leading me through Belfast in the 70’s, the American midwest, Colorado and finishing in Cornwall via Crimea,
August Round up
My August round up, from Mexican Haciendas to Tokyo diners, Alburquerque law firms and Melbourne suburbs.
July Round Up
Julys round up of Christy Moore in wexford, a Dublin theatre visit, armagh writers, a much missed travel writer and Melbourne newsroom drama. And more Bob.
June Round Up
Cultural highlights of June - Danish drama, four seasons and a trip to Dublin.
Six degrees of Separation - July
#6degrees of separation for June, from Wintering to sea-swimming, inner strength and Japan, robots and grief.
Six degrees of Separation - June 22
This months #6degrees features mental illness, turpentine camps, travelling bands of musicians in a post pandemic wasteland, beaches and predatory seagulls.
May Round Up
Books and TV enjoyed in May, and Gary Oldman wearing shoes on his knees ‘in the role of a lifetime.’