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I Think You’re Doing Toothpaste Wrong: Peas in a Podcast #19!
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/peas-19.mp3 Hello, podcast fans! It’s the 19th episode of the podcast I do with my twin brother Colin. In this episode, we cover vital topics...
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A final haul before Project 24
Have I said on here that I’m doing Project 24 again in 2025? I think I’ll do it ever two or three years, to try and stem the flow of books into my house – and to read more books from my shelves. For...
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Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul
I first came across Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul simply by browsing in Waterstones Piccadilly. It was on one of those display tables, and I was struck by how beautiful it was. Jonathan Cape have...
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Project 24: Books 1 and 2
Project 24 is in full swing! If you missed it, it’s a year where I only buy 24 books for myself. This must be the fourth time I’ve done Project 24, at least, and it’s always a fun experiment in (a)...
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O is for Oyeyemi
This is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here. How has it been 2.5 years since I last added to this series? Time –...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Daphne du Maurier
While trying to think whom to cover for another Unnecessary Rankings! post, I was looking around my bookcases and alighted on Daphne du Maurier. She was prolific, and I’ve read quite a few of her...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Well, thank GOODNESS January is finally over. I can’t believe it was only a month. I feel like I’ve lived lifetimes in January, and none of them very good. Some of that I will share in due course, and...
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#135: Can Literary Fiction Be A Comfort Read? and Enter Ghost vs Lady Living...
Isabella Hammad, Norah Lofts, comfort reads – welcome to episode 135! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/tea-or-books-135.mp3 In the first half, we discuss whether or not...
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Project 24: Book Three
We’re halfway through February, and that means I’m due another book under Project 24, right? I was in London for a couple of days, and remembered about a lovely little bookshop called Walden Books, in...
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Overpriced Walnuts: Peas in a Podcast #20!
Who’d have thought we’d get to episode 20? In the latest ep, my brother Colin and I cover all the usual important topics: shredded lettuce, the Suez canal, and Kaitlyn Dever. Not in conjunction....
View ArticleA whole bunch of non-reviews
It’s that time again, where I blitz through a whole bunch of books I’ve read or listened to in the past few months. Think of it like that viral guy on Instagram who rates outfits at awards events in...
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Pipers and a Dancer by Stella Benson
February is drawing to an end, but I’ve managed to get in with a Read Indies post – #ReadIndies being an annual event run by Karen and Lizzy, encouraging us all to read books from independent...
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Flickerbook by Leila Berg
My second (and final?) contribution to this year’s #ReadIndies is an autobiography that was sent to me by CB Editions – Flickerbook (1997) by Leila Berg. It was a very canny choice of reiew book to...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Happy March! Here in the UK we seem to be alternating bright sunshine and torrential rain. As I write this, it’s one of the sunny days – cold, sunny weather is my favourite, and hopefully it’ll...
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Project 24: Book Four
I’m on track with Project 24 – buying just 24 books in 2025 – with my restrained rate of two-per-month. It was while reading Pipers and a Dancer by Stella Benson that I decided I should probably make...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Spring seems to have sprung. I went out without a coat! It’s all happening. And, since it’s International Women’s Day, I thought I’d mention the blog post I posted last year – ranking the British...
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#136: Does Reading Make Us Better People? and And Then There Were None vs The...
Agatha Christie, Gwen Bristow, Bruce Manning and reading morality – welcome to episode 136 of Tea or Books?! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/tea-or-books-136.mp3 In the first...
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Dew on the Grass by Eiluned Lewis – #ReadingWales25
I don’t think I’ve managed to join in Reading Wales before – an annual project led by Karen at Booker Talk. To be honest, that’s largely because I have no idea which authors on my shelves are Welsh. I...
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Project 24: Book #5
It is very surprising to me how many of my Project 24 books so far have been IN PRINT. It’s quite unusual for me at the best of times, but particularly when I’m narrowing my gaze to limited buying....
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Is it spring? Is it still winter? We’re being kept on our toes here. By the time you read this, I’ll be doing a treasure hunt around Oxford (no real idea what it entails) and it’s meant to RAIN, so...
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