Hello everyone and welcome to my first book haul of 2023! If you’ve followed me for a little while, you might know that I like to read outside the box and not necessarily books that you see all the time here on the ‘gram. These are three such books and form part of three separate collections that I’m acquiring like a little book Gollum 😂 The first is Doorway To Dilemma: Bewildering Tales Of Dark Fantasy, part of the British Library Tales Of The Weird. Described as a book where “the weird prevails and accounts of unanswerable dilemma find their home.” Yep. #Sounds good enough for me! Secondly, I really enjoyed collecting @tiltedaxisbooks in 2022. So Distant From My Life is translated by Yarri Kamara and written by Burkinabé author Monique Ilboudo. It offers a “compelling and complex portrait of migration, one of the defining global concerns of the twenty-first century and a sharp critique of both the NGO-isation of African countries and the currents of shame that divide communities and families.” Finally, I’m either very late or super early to the party with Stories For Christmas and the festive season. 😂 This is part of the British Library Women Writers collection and the stories are “plucked from different decades of the twentieth century and penned by both familiar and forgotten authors for both books and popular magazines. From the delightful consequences of decorating the tree by Stella Gibbons, to an interesting encounter at 30,000 feet on a Christmas Day flight by Muriel Spark and a pantomime with a twist by Margery Sharpe, these stories are sure to fortify you over the Christmas period.” Erm…..maybe Christmas 2023?! 😅 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! Hope you’ve all had a peaceful and restful holiday period. I’m back to work tomorrow but looking forward to sharing more bookish content with you this year! Have a great week everyone 🤗😘 #bookstagramuk #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaulofawesomeness #britishlibrarytalesoftheweird #doorwaytodilemma #tiltedaxispress #readingtranslatedliterature #sodistantfrommylife #moniqueilboudo #yarrikamara #storiesforchristmasandthefestiveseason https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7ECDYL8nN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=