Monthly Archives: October 2025

A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 5 – Proper Noun, Place Name, Backstory Stuff

Posted on 28/10/2025 by Roseanna

The fifth section of our close reading brings us into the start of Book 2, with chapters I – Many Meetings and II – The Council of Elrond. We just tackled two this time, because the second one is a … Continue reading →

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Things to read if you loved Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

Posted on 26/10/2025 by Roseanna

First up, congrats on your amazing taste in books! High five. But alas, assuming you have already burned through Fellman’s back catalogue (if you haven’t, why not, fix that, and then come flail at me about The Breath of the … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 4 – Intrusion of the Epic

Posted on 09/10/2025 by Roseanna

In this fourth section we cover another three chapters: X – Strider, XI – A Knife in the Dark and XII – Flight to the Ford, bringing us to the end of Book 1. One sixth of the way through … Continue reading →

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When There Are Wolves Again – E. J. Swift

Posted on 08/10/2025 by Roseanna

The new novel from the author of The Coral Bones, When There Are Wolves Again follows two women in Britain from the present, stretching out across the years into the future of the late 21st century. One of the women … Continue reading →

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