I read like a boss in 2025, especially after rediscovering audiobooks, averaging 1.2 books each week. When I first tried audio, I made the mistake of substituting it for hardcopy reading, which didn't work for me at all. This time around, I used audiobooks when I wouldn't otherwise be reading, e.g. walking, knitting/crocheting, doing housework (hot tip: listening to books almost making housework bearable).

Over the Christmas/New Year period I read Karla’s Choice, Nick Harkaway’s take on the universe created by his late father, John Le Carré.

Theresa Dunn is an intelligent, single woman living in Manhattan, unremarkable in every respect, except one: she likes to trawl seedy singles bars and pick up men for casual sex.

It's been a great year for reading for me. I read 60 books--47 by women writers--and two manuscripts. I read six audio books, the rest in hard copy. I borrowed roughly one quarter from the library, and read 10 books that had been sitting unread on my shelves for more than a year--including one (The Shadow of the Wind…

Excited to see Spinning Around; The Kylie Playlist receiving positive reviews in recent weeks, and to see if recommended not just for Kylie fans, but for fans of good short stories, too. And it's heartening to see different reviewers highlight different stories--an indication of the strength of the anthology. A camp and captivating Kylie anthology Michael James in the Star Observer…

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I don’t know whether Jack Gold’s 1970 film The Reckoning can be labelled noir or neo-noir.

Award-winning actor, who turns 90 next week, says ‘everyone should have a parrot’ like her African grey Sweetie

We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.

The ban won’t take effect for at least 12 months. But key details about it are still missing – including how social media platforms will actually verify users’ age.

Since people aren’t perfect, it makes sense that believable fictional characters aren’t, either. In fact, I’d guess most readers prefer their fictional characters to have flaws and make mistakes at…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese directly lobbied new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to agree the deal.

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