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Summer Reads 2015
*SEE END OF POST FOR COMPETITION WINNERS* Welcome to SUMMER READS 2015, the 12th Literary Sofa listing of recommended new and recent titles. It’s been a very enjoyable task but deciding is never easy. As always, I have read every title here and many more in full and since variety is the key to an interesting … Continue reading
Fiction Hot Picks 2015
This is my seventh Literary Sofa selection of new/forthcoming releases and I am as excited as ever to share my choices with you. I can’t recommend a novel I haven’t read, so to arrive at the final 13 I considered dozens, enjoying many from cover to cover. These made the cut because I think they’re all highly compelling, well-written … Continue reading
2014 – My Year in Books
It’s that time again! Now I’ve finalised Hot Picks 2015, which will be published here on Friday 12 December, I’ve finally had a chance to look back on my 2014 reading. This is only the third year I’ve kept a record: in both 2012 and 2013 I managed 68 books but this year, somehow, I’ve read … Continue reading
Summer Holiday Seven – the Verdict
September is one of my favourite months and having just returned from a glorious fortnight in Provence I’m all fired up for a busy autumn with a big writing goal (to finish my first draft by Christmas), a stellar line-up of guests here on the Literary Sofa, an avalanche of titles for Hot Picks 2015 and to … Continue reading
My Poolside TBR List 2014
It’s been a great summer so far. The weather has been fantastic for weeks on end, even in England. In June I went on a solo trip to Paris and Brittany. Progress is good – or at least not terrible – on the second novel I started three months ago (by the way, there was a fantastic response … Continue reading
Summer Reads 2014
*SEE END OF POST FOR COMPETITION WINNERS* I’m very excited to unveil the Literary Sofa SUMMER READS 2014. From a field of over 50 titles considered, the twelve books I selected reflect the breadth of my taste and hopefully also yours. You’ll find crime and mystery, a memoir, comic and tragic family sagas, intriguing tales … Continue reading
Fiction Hot Picks 2014
No matter what happens, I never stop reading so despite an exceptionally busy few months I am very excited to unveil my Fiction Hot Picks 2014. As always, I considered dozens of titles, reading far more than the final twelve in full, to come up with a selection of well written new novels to appeal to … Continue reading
2013 – My Year in Books
Although it always seems weird that people start talking about their books of the year before December has even begun – the newspapers were already at it last weekend – my excuse is that I’m reading new releases in order to compile my Hot Picks of 2014 for publication next month. Looking back on the year’s … Continue reading
My American Holiday TBR 2013
My Top Summer Reads 2013 has attracted a lot of interest and it’s great to be getting positive feedback from readers who’ve discovered titles they loved amongst my selection. Of course I’ve already read them, so when it comes to my summer trip I relish choosing what else to read. I find the books I read … Continue reading
Top Summer Reads 2013
After three months of grapevine-listening, tip-offs and an intense reading marathon, I’m very excited to present the Literary Sofa Top Summer Reads 2013. Whatever your taste in fiction I hope you’ll find something you can’t wait to read: there are serious literary novels alongside books tipped to be commercial bestsellers; crime and psychological thrillers, love stories, … Continue reading
My new novel SCENT – out in paperback on 19 May 2022
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