My fellow Reading Addicts,
Have you ever felt like you just want the ground to open up and swallow you whole?
Have you made a quip that fell flat, or did something a bit odd and you weren’t quite sure why you did it?
Do you have nightmares about social gatherings and the pressures of societal norms?
Then these books are for you!
Disclaimer: unfortunately these are not real books.
I know, I wish they were too.

Word of the Day – Acculturation
February 27, 2026
Word of the Day – Acculturation
Word of the Day - Acculturation (noun) a-kul-chuh-ray-shun
Word of the Day – Gëzuar
February 26, 2026
Word of the Day – Gëzuar
Word of the Day - Gëzuar (exclamation) (adj) (Albanian) Guh-zoo-ar
Word of the Day – Platitude
February 25, 2026
Word of the Day – Platitude
Word of the Day - Platitude (noun) plat-it-ood
Less than 10% of teenage boys read for pleasure according to new report
February 24, 2026
Less than 10% of teenage boys read for pleasure according to new report
A new report from the National Literary Trust has found that less than 10% of…
Word of the Day – Lodestar
February 24, 2026
Word of the Day – Lodestar
Word of the Day - Lodestar (noun) lohd-star
Word of the Day – Dashuri
February 23, 2026
Word of the Day – Dashuri
Word of the Day - Dashuri (noun) (Albanian) dash-oo-ree
Word of the Day – Schlep
February 22, 2026
Word of the Day – Schlep
Word of the Day - Schlep (verb) shlep
Word of the Day – Sobersided
February 21, 2026
Word of the Day – Sobersided
Word of the Day - Sobersided (adj) so-ber-sai-did
Penguin Random House launch indie bookshop grants
February 20, 2026
Penguin Random House launch indie bookshop grants
UK Publisher, Penguin Random House, have announced the launch of the Penguin Children’s Bookshop Grant…