A Common Reader is . . .

. . . written by Tom Cunliffe, of East Sussex, England (to read more about me see my About page).

It consists of book reviews and more general articles about reading and currently receives over 10,000 unique visitors each month. So far 290 book reviews have been published.


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Review: Best Foot Forward, a 500-mile walk through hidden France – Susie Kelly

I enjoy reading about the adventures of lone travellers, particularly when they are travelling under their own steam.  In the middle of winter, its particularly good to read of someone setting off on a spring morning to see where their journey is going to take them.

I’ve already reviewed Susie Kelly’s book The Valley [...]

Review: The Lost Art of Walking – Geoff Nicholson

I’ve been away from A Common Reader for a week or so and while I’ve not been writing, I’ve had the chance to read two or three books which are definitely worth writing about.

Geoff Nicholson is best known as a writer of fiction who occasionally forays into writing non-fiction books about subjects which interest [...]