Part-time bookseller, full-time reader.
Bristol, UK.
When I read a book, I post a little review here.
Nic the Bookseller
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“Money is global, but politics is local” explains @oliverbullough.bsky.social in his eye-opening new book about money laundering.
Tackling financial crime is crucial, but a Sisyphean task. This book is important for understanding dirty money and its operations.
Very informative and thorough.
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Best head to the BOOKSHOP. Research beckons. ❤️
Nic the Bookseller
Interesting and very readable personal account of her time working at Facebook.
Packed with fascinating details, which combine to paint a picture of people wielding power without responsibility.
It’s most satisfying that attempts to silence her inevitably result in increased sales.
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Very funny novel about serious human stuff by @seamas.bsky.social
In Derry, a famous US actor arrives to star in a new TV drama about the Troubles. She goes missing; we hear from various local people, great characters all.
The writing is excellent; sharp, perceptive, often hilarious, moving.
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Nic the Bookseller
Natalie is a horrible Christian Trad Wife influencer. One day she wakes up in what seems to be the actual olden days!
All the characters are unlikeable, but I couldn’t look away and had to keep on turning the pages for the good twist ending.
Themes of inauthenticity and surveillance.
Timely.
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I enjoyed this original and inventive epistolary novel set in 1557 Florence.
When a painter is murdered, Cosimo de’ Medici demands answers. With a wide cast of characters including nuns, revolutionaries, artists and the Queen of France, there are power plays and scheming galore.
Entertaining!
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Excellent, powerful and profound novel set on an island in Bengal populated by impoverished women who have been trafficked to do sex work.
When Kusum arrives she challenges Amma and the status quo.
Narrated by the women’s children, interspersed with back stories.
Great! Highly recommend!
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Nic the Bookseller
The #WomensPrizes are announced tomorrow.
I have read all of the Fiction shortlist (and most of the longlist).
My top two are Flashlight and Dominion; I would be happy for either of them to win.
I have read 3 of the 6 on the Nonfiction shortlist; my favourite is Arundhati Roy’s excellent memoir
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I love the fancy sprayed edges on Katabasis!
Alice and Peter are postgrads studying analytic magick. They journey into the Underworld in pursuit of their professor.
I enjoyed the references to various mythologies.
Lots of adventure, also philosophy and a love story.
Original and long.
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Jack Parlabane is back! And I’m thrilled to encounter him again, in this super new murder mystery by @brookmyre.bsky.social.
A brisk & clever plot (character names a bit tricky). I loved the up-to-the-minute themes of hard right social media, billionaire businessmen and Russian influence.
Fun!
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