Desperate Reader

I was going to leave off writing about this book until I got back from holiday and until I’d actually cooked from it but I’ve spent so much ...

At the end of the week I’m off on ‘holiday’ – I’m packing up the Scottish one and taking him north to my father’s for a couple of weeks. The...

I’ve spent most the weekend working, and by working I mean personally shifting a mountain of beer from loading bay, to stockroom, to shelf. ...

This was my first David Lodge, and it’s a book I picked up as my third three for two in Waterstones (yes indeed, that’s how enthusiastic I w...

Very kindly sent to me by Capuchin , I blew hot and cold on this book - until I started reading it from which point onwards I stayed hot (...

Or ‘The Flavour Thesaurus’ continued – sorry, but I’m not done with it yet and as it seems to be the only thing working for me at the momen...

Well I had all sorts of good intentions for Friday evening involving all sorts of productive activities and what did I actually do with my F...

‘The Monarch of the Glen’ and Compton Mackenzie have both hovered on the edge of my reading conscious for a very long time now. ‘Whisky Gal...

Part of the Canongate myth series, this book ticked so many boxes for me and yet for some reason I’m struggling to pin it down. Still I’m go...

Sunday’s when I’m on my own are meant to be about housework but generally tend to be about cooking (if I get domestic at all). Today has bee...