Category Archives: Books

Book Squee: The Farther Corner – Harry Pearson

Posted on June 14, 2022 by nicdempsey

When I was a kid I watched a lot of football. I’m from a family that likes football, both my parents, my Grandad and my brother were all pretty keen and we went to a lot of football matches. I … Continue reading →

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Book Squee: Hungry – Grace Dent

Posted on April 12, 2022 by nicdempsey

I borrowed this one from Ma a while ago and finally got to reading it at the tail end of last month. I enjoyed it, I love her writing in the Guardian and this was just more of it. Some … Continue reading →

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Book Squee: Guns in the North – P.F. Chisholm

Posted on February 22, 2022 by nicdempsey

Last year, when I was in Newcastle, I bought a book. This is no surprise to anyone who knows me, I actually bought a lot of books on that holiday, we did a morning in Barter Books and a day … Continue reading →

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Reading Squee: English Pastoral – James Rebanks

Posted on October 26, 2021 by nicdempsey

I got given a book token this year. I cannot express how delightful it is to have money to spend on books and not having to feel at all guilty about it is. I bought English Pastoral in part of … Continue reading →

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Reading Squee….

Posted on October 20, 2020 by nicdempsey

2020 has been a terrible year for my reading life. It’s not that I’ve not been reading it’s just that things I would usually gallop through, I haven’t had the emotional energy for. I have listed the books I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading

Posted on June 11, 2020 by nicdempsey

So yesterday I read this, and honestly some of the recommendations made me cross. Some of this might be cultural but really… So quotes from the original article in italics… I am feeling very low on energy these days. I … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – February 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 by nicdempsey

February’s reading started strong and then sort of trailed off, I couldn’t find anything I was really interested in partly it’s because I’m really busy at work and partly because I’m waiting for The Mirror and the Light! Which should … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – January 2020

Posted on February 4, 2020 by nicdempsey

I started the year with lots of easy reading. I would recommend, Love Lettering, Evvie Drake Starts Over and A Cheesemonger’s Guide to the British Isles. His Bride for the Taking – Tessa Dare I enjoy Tessa Dare, I completely … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – October 2019

Posted on November 12, 2019 by nicdempsey

How are we into November already? This is the month I got real about the TBR list on the Kindle and started to get rid of stuff, I just wasn’t going to ever read. I’m at 37 now but the … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – August and September 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by nicdempsey

So I skipped this in August and I’ve stopped counting the TBC pile. In August, I also spent £40 on books, book tokens are the best present… The Wicked King – Holly Black I’m really enjoying this series, no one … Continue reading →

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