A 2022 retrospective of reading These are all books read by Bookmark this year, and are not limited to books published only in 2022. Ten of the best in fiction, five of non-fiction. Fiction Non-fiction
The Lamplighters (2022), Emma Stonex Description Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week. What happened to Read more…
Coming-of-age during America’s opioid crisis: David Copperfield relocated to the 1990s Appalachians. Mixed-race Demon (birth name Damon Fields) is born in a trailer to a teenage addict, inheriting nothing but his dead father’s good looks and copper-coloured hair. When his mother dies from an overdose, he is shunted from one Read more…
Not one, but two books this month! The Ghosts of Paradise Place (2019) by Andy Conway Don’t look back or the devil will get you… The dark anti-heroine of the bestselling time travel saga gets her own personal origin story in this novella that reveals how she first found her Read more…
Ten Books to read over Wintertide This selection contains some classics which deal directly with the festive period, some we associate with Christmas, while others hinge more on snow and ice. There is a great read here for each member of the family.
Tune in at 8pm on Wednesday 9 November, on National Geographic/Disney+, to see the Michelin starred chef take baking tips from Caron Cooper of Fosse Farmhouse, who shares her recipe for traditional Wiltshire lardy cake. Yum! Further details can be found at www.FosseFarmhouse.com.
A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal (2015) Ben Macintyre Description A SUNDAY TIMES No. 1 BESTSELLER WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOHN LE CARRÉ ‘Riveting, astounding … An unputdownable postwar thriller’ Observer ‘Irresistibly readable’ Sunday Times ‘Worthy of John le Carr e at his best’ Guardian ‘Hugely engrossing … Both authoritative and enthralling’ William Boyd Kim Philby Read more…
Players from Burton, Littleton Drew, Nettleton and further afield (did someone say ringers?) took part in this pub quiz of local and general knowledge. The evening started with a frenzy of transfer window activity resulting in squad changes at Fossing About. Meanwhile, Yes and Bunch of Hunts went all out Read more…
Royal Mail is introducing a barcode to their regular stamps. After 31 January 2023 stamps without a barcode will no longer be valid.* *Note: special stamps with pictures on and Christmas stamps will remain valid. See Royal Mail‘s website for details of stamp swapping service.
Ten dark tales for Halloween Spine-tingling atmosphere, mounting dread and unhinged characters equal great Halloween reading. Ten of the best modern classics in Gothic horror. This compilation was originally published on amandaread.net