Desperate Reader

I had hoped I'd be organised enough to write some book posts between Christmas and going to spend time with family over New Year, but wi...

Work is done, I have 2 days off, and I think I'm organised.  We'll see. Meanwhile I just want to say happy Christmas, whatever you...

For the last of this years books and booze posts I've chosen a collection of George Mackay Brown stories - 'Winter Tales' was th...

When I was reading the introduction to Buchan's 'John Macnab' there was something about Buchan writing in the tradition of Steve...

Just how magical you want this experience to be depends entirely on the wine (which in turn has a lot to do with budget). The book is one ...

I've been dipping in and out of these books all year without having read enough of any one of them at any time to feel ready to post abo...

I've just written and deleted a long list of all the things I don't much like about Christmas (non of them being specifically book o...

Because so far I've failed to get round to reading Jeanette Winterson, despite good intentions, I put Christmas Days - 12 stories and 12...

It's sometimes hard to remember that Arthur Conan-Doyle was more than Sherlock Holmes, so this really beautiful edition of his collected...

I was once told that you have to drink Campari at least 3 times before you develop a taste (tolerance?) for it. I might have made it to 4, I...