Desperate Reader

This was one of my holiday reads so has been on a list to write up for the last couple of weeks – which has rather been the fate of this boo...

A week or two back Cornflower asked for pictures that summed up a book. It’s an idea that fascinated and stumped me in equal measure. Ask a...

Or the best possible holiday reading. I’ve had a soft spot for Wilkie Collins for a long time now, indeed since finding a Victorian set (che...

Nancy Mitford fascinates me, (and a whole lot of other people obviously) at her best she (and her sisters) cast a spell of glamour, wit, and...

And then back to the day job in the morning, working on Saturday is a pain sometimes not least because I’ve tried to pack in two days worth ...

Which could possibly double as code for ‘I’m procrastinating over housework in any way I can, and yet trying to look busy at the same time’....

Starting off with some of my holiday reading and the intention of writing a list of things I want to commit to blog before I forget (or give...

My annual pilgrimage to Shetland is now over (and it didn’t last nearly long enough). Book’s have been read, books have been bought, lots of...

So far so holiday good, but today it’s raining fit to flood so I’ve left the Scottish one happily in possession of the sofa, a good book, a ...

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 ...