Another great endpaper, especially appealing to a Leicester City fan with all those beautiful Foxes 🦊 🦊 🦊 🦊. #book #books #bookstagram #richardosman #themanwhodiedtwice #fiction #endpaper #endpapers #booklove #bookphotography #bookish #bookcommunity #hardback #thursdaymurderclub #crimefiction #youbeautifulfoxes

Another wonderful set of endpapers. I have been looking forward to reading this for a long time. #joanneharris #anarrowdoor #books #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #booklove #bookphotography #endpaper #endpapers #fiction #bookcommunity #dauntbooks #literature #contemporaryfiction #booknerd #tetherdown

A treat for the August Bank Holiday weekend, and another book with lovely endpapers. #books #bookstagram #tetherdown #patbarker #thewomensstory #thewomenoftroy #bookphotography #greekmyths #trojanwar #feminism #retellingmyths #bookcommunity #dauntbooks #literature #contemporaryfiction #legends #history

Mmmm … sheer poetry. I think this is what they call a Scottish salad! #valmcdermid #1979 #crimefiction #heartybreakfast #scotland #scottishsalad #heartattackonaplate #bookstagram #scottishnoir #books #newcrimefiction

Another great novel from Anthony Horowitz, effortlessly blending a great mystery story with an exercise in metafiction. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4198400968 #books #bookstagram #AnthonyHorowitz #danielhawthorne #alinetokill #crimefiction #fiction #metafiction #Alderney #festival #literaryfestival #endpaper #bookphotography #bookcommunity #hardback

Another wonderful endpaper, this time in Val McDermid‘s latest novel, ‘1979‘.
#ValMcDermid #1979 #books #book #bookstagram #bookish #fiction #scottishnoir #crimefiction #endpaper #scottishcrimefiction #booklove #scottishliterature #AllieBurns #bookphotography #bookcommunity #tetherdown

Lovely endpapers in the hardback edition of Anthony Horowitz‘s latest novel, ‘A Line to Kill‘. #anthonyhorowitz #alinetokill #crimefiction #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookphoyography #fiction #danielhawthorne

A wonderful book, evoking glorious cricket memories, and so much more. This is not merely one of the best cricket books I have read in a long time, but one of the best books of any genre. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4137737479 #books #bookstagram #cricket #nonfiction #booklove #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #bookphotography #bookish #bookcommunity #michaelhenderson #thatwillbeenglandgone

Lock-starting the weekend with wonderful coffee ☕️ at Stella‘s Room. The book is marvellous too. #book #books #bookstagram #levsviolin #helenaattlee #dauntbooks #bookphotography #booklove #bookish #history #violin #cremona #coffee #caffeine #caffeineaddict #coffeeandbooks #booksandcoffee #stellasroom #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #signedcopy #saturday #muswellhill #muswellhillbilly #n10 #n10love

A wonderful evocation of life in the late 1970s, with a gripping plot and plausible characters to match. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4052711907. #books #anthonyquinn #londonburning #bookstagram #fiction #bookphotography #1970s #bookish #booklove #dauntbooks #history #politics #booknerd #bookcommunity

Well, I was certainly sold the dummy here. Quite definitely the worst book I have read so far this year ... perhaps even a contender for worst of this century. Even the beautiful presentation (the cover beneath the dust jacket, and the endpapers, are exquisite) could not redeem it.
See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50202953. #books #bookstagram #fiction #dontreadit #art #history #dreadfulbook #dontjudgeabookbyitscover

Easing into the weekend. The coffee is wonderful, and so is the book, second in Elly Griffiths‘ Stephens and Mephisto series set in 1950s Brighton. #fiction #books #bookstagram #crimefiction #ellygriffiths #smokeandmirrors #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #whodunnit #mystery #brighton

So wonderful to be able to venture out for breakfast again. #breakfast #nôtredamedeparis #victorhugo #books #stellasroom #bookish #bookstagram #classicliterature #booklove #bookphotography #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #coffee #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #eggsroyale #oxfordworldclassics #dauntbooks #muswellhill #n10 #muswellhillbilly #frenchliterature #lockdownisover #tiersofaclown #tier2

Another great novel from William Boyd, one of our finest living writers. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3672263769. #williamboyd #trio #books #book #fiction #bookstagram #penguinbooks #bookish #booknerd #bookphotography#booklove #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #booksandcats #catsandbooks #dauntbooks #literature

Another great novel from @charlescummingbooks, and hopefully merely the first in a new series. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3659609617 #charlescumming #box88 #fiction #spyfiction #book #books #bookstagram #dauntbooks #espionage #modernfiction #bookphotography #bookcommunity #booklove #bookish #booklove #hardbackfiction #firsteditions #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #bookhaul #booksandcats #catsandbooks

A welcome haven from a fraught Saturday morning. #johnboyne #atravelleratthegatesofwisdom #book #books #fiction #bookish #bookphotography #irishfiction #bookcommunity #booklove #booksandcoffee #caffeine #coffee #coffeeandbooks #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #currentlyreading #i❤️books #verocaffe #dauntbooks #friernbarnet #n11

Looking forward to reading this ... all 940 pages of it! #robertgalbraith #jkrowling #troubledblood #book #bookstagram #fiction #crimefiction #booklive #bookish #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #cormoranstrike #hardbackbooks #crimefiction #murder #modernliterature #bookphotography #londonfiction #dauntbooks

Enjoy Val McDermid‘s latest - absolutely up to her normal standard. DCI Karen Pirie is a wonderful character. #valmcdermid #stilllife #books #fiction #karenpirie #bookstagram #crimefiction #book #bookphotography #booklove #bookcommunity #bookish #booknerd #scottishfiction #scottishcrimefiction #scottishnoir

First trip back to a favourite haunt for a long time. Very glad to see the Cranford Cafe as welcoming, and the breakfasts as copious and delicious as ever. The book is great so far, too. #cranfordcafe #cranfordcafeknutsford #books #bookstagram #fiction #americanspy #laurenwilkinson #booksbooksbooks #bookish #bookphotography #coffee #caffeineaddict #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #knutsford #bookcommunity #cheshire #blackcoffee #bankholidayweekend

Just started this and absolutely hooked already. Anthony Horowitz has a great gift for playing with the format of the crime story, but he never lets stylistic experiments detract from the story. The coffee is great too! #books #bookstahram #anthonyhorowitz #reading #moonflowermurders #fiction #crimefiction #atticuspund #bookish #booklove #booknerd #magpiemurders #whodunit #caffevero #booksandcoffee #coffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict

Another great novel from author David Mitchell, recounting the role of 1960s alternative rock band, Utopia Avenue. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3485064853 #book #books #bookstagram #rockmusic #davidmitchell #utopiaavenue #1960s #summeroflove #booklove #bookcommunity #bookish #bookphotography #dauntbooks #booksbooksbooks #psychedelia #multiverse

Great to encounter this phrase, so reminiscent of my mother in her more Doric moments. #ackoning #endofterm #books #bookstagram #scottishphrases #scottishdialect #scottishphraseology #bookish #booksbooksbooks #hootsmon #dinnaefashyersel #booknerd #booklove #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #dialect #jocko

Excited to receive this special delivery this afternoon. #davidmitchell #utopiaavenue #book #books #fiction #cloudatlas #newbook #justpublished #bookish #anticipation #booklove #booknerd #bookphotography #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #literature #contemporaryfiction

I have just embarked upon this, and am hooked already. #thegoldenrule #amandacraig #books #bookstagram #bookphotography #newbook #dauntbooks #signedcopy #booksbooksbooks bookish booklove bookcommunity #contemporaryfiction #literature #booknerd #modernliterature #n10 #readingintetherdown #tetherdown #muswellhill #readersofmuswellhill

Delighted to find the Muswell Hill Bookshop open again. Not a proper haul, really - I am still trying to get match-fit after lockdown - but at least it‘s a start. #tashaw #wethesurvivors #thefamiliars #staceyhalls #muswellhillbookshop #n10 #muswellhill fiction #book #books #bookshop #muswellhillbillies #bookish #independentbookshop #buyinglocal #bookphotography #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #catsandbooks #booksandcats

This was a wonderful novel, and all the more impressive given that it was, I believe, the author‘s debut. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3398434333. #kateweinberg #thetruants #book #books #bookstagram #dauntbooks #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookish #booknerd #booklive #agathachristie #fiction #crimefiction #guardianreads #moreofthesameplease #debutnovel

Just about to embark on this. I hope it lives up to all the hype. #kateweinberg #thetruants #fiction #books #bookish #book #bookstagram #newbooks #bookporn #booklove #bloomsbury #suspense #bookphotography #bookcommunity

I finished this almost at one sitting - definitely worth waiting six years for it. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3393657722. #emilystjohnmandel #theglasshotel #book #books #fiction #bookstagram #booklove #bookish #bookphotography #bookcommunity #bookporn #canadianfiction #canada #newyork #winter #vancouver #booksbooksbooks #literaryfiction #modernliterature #lockdownreading #contemporaryfiction

I have waited for this book for a long time, but it has definitely been worth it. Absolutely marvellous so far, and I don‘t really want it to end. #emilystjohnmandel #theglasshotel #fiction book #books #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookcommunity #literaryfiction #contemporaryfiction #newyork #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada #modernfiction #booklove #bookish #booknerd #bookporn #jamesreads

A marvellous analysis of responses to Shakespeare‘s works in America over the last four hundred years. Shapiro is one of the leading Shakespearean scholars, and this book demonstrates why. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3373857968. #jamesshapiro #williamshakespeare #shakespeareinadividedamerica #shakespeare #history #literature #politics #literaryhistory #america #juliuscaesar #abrahamlincoln

James Shapiro consolidates his position as one of the finest Shakespearean academics of his generation with this history of the Bard‘s political impact in the USA. Fascinating, yet also alarming. #jamesshapiro #shakespeareinadividedamerica #williamshakespeare #literarycriticism #shakespeare #history #literaryhistory #literature #criticism #america #americanhistory #abrahamlincoln #johnwilkesbooth

Already completely engrossed in this novel. John Boyne is my great literary discovery of 2020. Why is the better known? #johnboyne #crippen #fiction #history #historicalfiction #1910 #murder #crimefiction #bookish #booknerd #booklive #bookphotography #irishliterature #wireless #contemporaryfiction #modernfiction #literaryfiction

I have been eagerly awaiting this book for years, ever since I read (and almost immediately re-read) the wonderful ‘Station Eleven‘ by @EmilyMandel. #TheGlassHotel #EmilyStJohnMandel #book #books #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookish #contemporaryfiction #literature #canadianfiction #bookcommunity #fiction #newbooks #newbook #amazonprime

A wonderful history of Notre-Dame de Paris, including the dreadful fire that severely damaged, but failed to destroy, it almost a year ago. See my WordPress review at: https://eyejaybeee.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/a-review-of-notre-dame-the-soul-of-f.... #book #books #nonfiction #agnèspoirier #Nôtre-Dame #history #France #paris #medievalhistory #frenchhistory #booklove #bookish #bookcommunity #booknerd #politics #bookphotography

Intrigued by this debut novel from Isabella Hammad, which follows a Palestinian student who travels to France to study medicine in 1914. The author paints a fascinating picture of life in France between the World Wars, alongside a history of the Holy Lands. #isabellahammad #theparisian #book #books #fiction #historicalfiction #bookish #politics #booklove #history #dauntbooks #bookphotography #lockdown #lockdownreading #socialdistancing #stayhome

I was fortunate enough to meet Agnès Poirier last week at l‘Institut Français Royaume-Uni. She was introducing a showing of a fantastic documentary about the organ in Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, and I grabbed the opportunity to ask her to sign a copy of her latest book, which I am eagerly looking forward to reading. #agnespoirier #notredamedeparis #notredame #paris #history #books #france #frenchhistory

What a delightful book, simultaneously entertaining and enlightening, and offering an enthralling account if Deirdre Blair‘s struggles to write her groundbreaking biographies of both Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3228147634. #biography #deirdrebair #literature #samuelbeckett #simonedebeauvoir #paris #1970s #nonfiction #history #literarybiography #drama #philosophy

Hugely enjoying this delightful book so far. Memoirs of Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Paris ... what more enticing ingredients could one ask for? #book #books #deirdrebair #parisianlives #samuelbeckett #simonedebeauvoir #paris #coffee #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #bookish #bookphotography #caffeineaddict #bookcommunity #booklove book nerd #caffeine #cafemelange #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin

An utterly delightful book I was woefully ignorant about Handel, but thanks to this informative and engaging account I now appreciate how little I knew, and what musical wonders I was missing out on see my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40710202-handel-in-london.
#janeglover #handelinlondon #history #book #books #bookish #booknerd #bookphotography #handel #classicalmusic #music #bookstagram #nonfiction #politics

A successful outing to Waterstones. Of course, if I had bought the Rory Stewart book a few months earlier I could have asked him to sign it in the Hideous Concrete Fortress. #book #books #bookstagram #waterstones #piccadillywaterstones #julianbaggini #howtheworldthinks #lindseydavis #acapitoldeath #rorystewart #theplacesinbetween #theanarchy #williamdalrymple #theblackbirder #dorothybhughes #smokeandashes #abirmukherjee #thehuntingparty #lucyfoley

A fascinating and exhaustive history of intelligence and counter-intelligence, stretching from ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs right up to WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden. See my Goodreads review at; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3002125600. #book #books #christopherandrew #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookish #bookcommunity #nonfiction #dauntbooks #espionage #intelligence #counterintelligence #MI5 #MI6 #history #diplomacy #militaryhistory

I definitely chose poorly here. I have never understood the acclaim for Hemingway, and suspect that it might represent another instance of the emperor‘s new clothes. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2987907364. #ernesthemingway #amoveablefeast #book #books #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookish #bookcommunity #memoirs #paris #booknerd #americanliterature #booklove

Kickstarting my day at the Rendezvous Cafe. I know this opinion may be a bit heretical, but I find that Anthony Horowitz‘s additions to the James Bond canon (like William Boyd‘s ‘Solo‘) are so much better than ian Fleming‘s originals. #rendezvouscafe #books #bookstagram #jamesbond #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #fiction #caffeine #caffeineaddict #coffee #anthonyhorowitz #foreverandaday #inverness #williamboyd

This was a marvellous, engrossing intergenerational saga following Florence Fein, who emigrated from America to the USSR following the Depression, and her son and grandson who, seventy years later, are both enmeshed by the contrasting pull of the two countries. #fiction #sanakrasikov #history #politics #russia #america #sovietunion #coldwar #stalin #purges #literature
See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2953956167

I seem to have my own chapter in this excellent novel. #book #bookstagram #books #thepatriots #bookish #brinks #sanakrasikov #bookphotography #fiction #bookcommunity #booklove #booknerd #nckname #jewishfiction #history #russia #literature #jewishliterature

It might not quite be 4.00 p.m. yet, but this has felt like a long hard day in the Hideous Concrete Fortress, especially when there is a book like that calling out to be read on the journey home. #fridayreads #kateatkinson #bigsky #book #fictiin #jacksonbrodie #books #hideousconcretefortress #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookish #booklove #dauntbooks #nookcommunity #nearlyhometime

Another highly entertaining and exceedingly complex spy story from Chris Pavone, which sees Kate Moore, one of the main protagonists from his first novel, Expats, returning to espionage work. See me Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2852873068. #fiction #chrispavone #theparisdiversion #spyfiction #espionage #books #booksbooksbooks #americancrimefiction #katemoore #dauntbooks #hardbackfiction

This is the fiftieth book I have read in 2019. An intriguing mix of science fiction and alternative history it tells of Charlie Friend‘s experiences when he buys Adam, a highly elaborate lifelike Android. Set in a very different 1982 in which Britain has just lost the Falklands War. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42086795. #ianmcewan #machineslikeme #books #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookish #fiction #dauntbooks

Enjoying a very civilised lunch in the Hideous Concrete Fortress. The soup is far tastier than its anaemic appearance might suggest. #book #books #bookstagram #ianmcewan #machineslikeme #ministryofjustice #hideousconcretefortress #booklove #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #booklove #bookcommunity #bookphotography #fiction #dauntbooks #guardianbooks #lunchtime #lunctimereading #booksandsoup #soupandbooks

Just finished Jay McInerney‘s dazzling debut novel from the early 1980s, Bright Lights, Big City‘. Hedonism unleashed in New York City! See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2832292977. #book #books #bookish #booksbooksbooks #guardianbooks #brightlightsbigcity #jaymcinerney #bookphotography #booklove #bookstagram #booklove #dauntbooks #booknerd #fiction #literature