Desperate Reader

My first nomination for Crime Reprint of the year is this year's British Library Crime Classics Christmas special. I loved this. In my o...

December is exhausting, work is crazy right now and any writing time has been exclusively reserved for Christmas cards - all the ones to pos...

I didn't read Michael Morpurgo's Spring, partly because whilst it might be impossible to dislike spring, it really isn't my favo...

Yet again my fond belief that I'm ready for Christmas has hit the wall of it being a bare month away with a very busy work schedule betw...

I didn't mean to disappear again - or at least I did in so much as I'm on holiday and haven't managed to settle to much reading ...

October is probably my favourite part of Christmas - so far I've made mincemeat, Christmas puddings, quince jelly, pickled quinces, Chri...

I have been excited about this book since early this year when Susan Stokes-Chapman made an unexpected visit to the shop. I loved 'Pando...

I can't quite believe that  Simon  and  Kaggsy's  book club has been running for a decade now. I'm obviously getting old.  1925 ...

I got a proof copy of this through work, and there's some demand for it amongst my colleagues, so before I forget any details and whilst...

It's been a while, and whilst I didn't plan a blogging break, it's been good to pause for a bit, not least because it's give...