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I have two reviews of novels in Spanish for you today, one from Spain, the other Argentina. Both for Women in Translation month, the Pineiro is also book 19 of my Twenty Books of Summer. July and August used to be Reading Spain and Portugal month hosted by Stu – so I’m keeping this up informal...

It’s not often that I do arrivals posts these days, but I had to highlight these lovely books that popped through the letter box. They are the first three in a new series from World Editions, a New York based publisher (but with UK distribution). Thank you so much to the publisher Christine M...

The ordeals of Gisèle Pelicot and her family in 2024 can’t have escaped your notice! Having discovered that her husband had been drugging her raping her while unconscious, and then letting other men rape her and filming it for ages, she bravely stood up in court in public to take him and the other perpetrators, over 50 of them, down Gisèle Pelicot became a heroine in France a...

Source: Review copy from Doubleday – thank you – for the Random Tours blog tour

A new novel from Donal Ryan is always a treat, and Where are the Kings (no question mark), delivers a touching coming of age story following twelve-year-old Jack. He lives with his grandparents and their children, Theo and Haulie born close together, then Ro...

For #WITMonth, Women in Translation month, hosted by Meytal at Biblibio, it’s traditional to look back at one’s reading over the past year, to see if #WITMonth carries over from August into the rest of the year, so here’s a quick list of what I read from Aug 31 2025 to Aug 1 2026…