#BooksOf2026 Book number 61 Endling by Maria Reva Snails, stolen bachelors, a war crashing the party, and an author who steps into her own novel to remind you it’s real. Endling has B.S. Johnson energy: the fourth wall breaks because some things can’t be told straight. #BookSky

Has Gianni Infantino had his eyebrows done ?

How small are the Argentinians??

Argentina 🇦🇷, you’ve got no currency

#BooksOf2026 Book number 60 My Year Of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh A year, a LOT of sedatives, and a narrator who couldn’t care less. Her drug regimen was almost as fun to track as her contempt for everyone around her. Bleak. Funny. Brilliant #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 59 Transcription by Ben Lerner Slim, strange, Kafka-haunted. Liked it more than I fully understood it, feels like a re-read book. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 58 Intimacies by Katie Kitamuta Wizzed through this thought provoking book in a day. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 57 The Odyssey by Homer It was the E.V. Rieu translation, that managed to turn a riveting story into a slow & bland slog, I’ve since done some research and the translation by Emily Wilson (2017) is apparently lean, fast-paced, plain-spoken. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 56 A short stay in Hell by Steven L Peck You love books BUT your Hell is to spend eternity in Babel’s library searching for the book of your life story…. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 55 The Glittering Prizes by Frederic Raphael Enjoyable book, random choice prompted by a random quote in a review of another book. Have order the TV series to check that out too. #BookSky

The British Museum on receipt of the Bayeux Tapestry.

#BooksOf2026 Book number 54 The Editor’s Wife by Clare Chambers Another great book by Clare Chambers, I love they way she writes & the characters she brings to life. I will have to continue delving into her back catalogue. #BookSky

Pretty pleased to have reached my fighting weight

#BooksOf2026 Book number 53 A Vicious Circle by Amanda Craig My first Amanda Craig novel, and it will not be my last. A satire of literary London so precise it borders on cruelty, everyone here is either climbing over someone or being climbed over, usually both. #BookSky

Hydration Break

Hydration Break

First ever record that you bought? I’ll start: SHADDAP YOU FACE by Joe Dolce

#BooksOf2026 Book number 52 The Girl Who Electrified TESLA by @cynthiavonbuhler.bsky.social I loved this graphic novel, a sexy and propulsive story based on facts. I even learned that there was an intelligent member of the Trump family! #BookSky

Just put the bins out 🥵

#BooksOf2026 Book number 51 Service by John Tottenham A misanthropic bookseller who hates people, and selling books to people. Nobody is spared his protagonist’s critical attention, except the venerable B.S. Johnson. Highly recommended by me, and more importantly @strongwordsmag.bsky.social

#BooksOf2026 Book number 50 Helen Of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman Left me with more questions than answers, and I think that’s entirely the point. Slippery, surreal, and unlike anything else I’ve read recently. Bewildering in the best way. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 49 Body Of Lies by @jocallaghankat.bsky.social The final Lock novel & once again I devoured it in 24 hours (the lovely weather helped) . Looking forward to what Jo writes next …. #BookSky

BooksOf2026 Book number 48 Honey by Imani Thompson Feminist rage. Accidental murder. A habit that forms, absolutely loved this one. #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 47 London Falling by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social WOW! 🤯 I don’t want to spoil any of the contents, but it’s an almost fantastical tale that makes you doubt the country, those that govern & police it and pushes the bounds of credulity. #BookSky @strongwordsmag.bsky.social

#BooksOf2026 Book number 45 Intelligence by Robert Newman Witty, intelligent and genuinely refreshing. Robert Newman’s Intelligence is a thriller that actually trusts its readers to keep up. Loved it. published by @serpents-tail.bsky.social #BookSky

#BooksOf2026 Book number 44 The Harrow by Noah Eaton Slow Horses for local journalism. Misfit reporters, a gangland murder, and a dying magazine with one last story to tell. Darkly comic debut novel. #BookSky

BooksOf2026 Book number 43 Fair Play by Louise Hegarty An inventive debut that uses the murder mystery form to smuggle in something far more profound, a moving meditation on grief and loss. #BookSky

Riddle me this. Why is the army advertising on Classic FM Calm? Doesn’t really seem their demographic

BooksOf2026 Book number 42 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke A great thriller , couldn’t put it down. Add it to your holiday reading list! #BookSky