Desperate Reader

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...

Life has somewhat got in the way again with an exciting array of crises and much complaining about the damned humidity here in Leicestershir...

I bought this cookbook when I was in Edinburgh back in May, it looks beautiful and it passed the flick test (where the first few recipes you...

I have a bit of a mystery on my hands tonight. I got Forgotten Churches a month or two back, it's a charming book (with one really annoy...

When I first saw this in Hardback last year my initial reaction was that they'd made a lot of book out of relatively few words. I'd ...

It's coming up for the second anniversary since I lost a very dear friend to cancer, she's a constant gap in my life and since she...