Desperate Reader

When I found this book - about a decade ago in a second hand shop where it later emerged it was somewhat over priced - I bought it because i...

I officially started my Christmas planning today (I bought some cards and an advent calendar, then a bottle of Edunburgh distillery Christma...

Just over a week ago Simon from Stuck In A Book posted this  In Praise of Furrowed Middlebrow . To recap someone who keeps changing their na...

If I had a spare 2 million I'd consider this - Tanera Mòr, the largest of the Summer isles is still for sale. It has 9 houses, a cafe, i...

I think Friday was officially Apple day, but it was yesterday when there were enough mentions of apple cake, apple pie, apple tart, and prob...

For no very good reason I've not (yet) really read Ann Cleeves Shetland books (three quarters of 'Raven Black' and now 'Cold...

I've been excited by the idea of this book ever since I first saw mention of it months ago. It did not disappoint, but then the British ...

After what seems like ages of feeling under the weather I'm finally myself again, though the appearance of Christmas in all the shops wh...

It seems the last exam board offering Art History as an A level is dropping it, which might not seem to be a big deal to many people, especi...

I had reading plans for this week but they've been stymied by a nasty chest infection which totally wiped me out, and destroyed my abili...