Desperate Reader

Excepting eating and sleeping all of Easter weekend that I didn’t spend at work was devoted to ‘ The Perpetual Curate ’ in a combination of ...

As a woman who’s fond of her Trollope’s (and even fonder of poor puns based on the Trollope family name) Oliphant’s, and Pym’s (and Pimm’s -...

I had an email a few weeks back asking if I’d like a copy of this to read to which my first thought were – No, not really, but Manguel’s nam...

‘ The Hurricane Party’ was a penny purchase from amazon – and even if it turns out not to be a book to cherish you can’t go wrong at a penn...

I’m not sure that this even counts as a recipe but I’m quite pleased with the results so am sharing it anyway. The cover of Annie Rigg’s ‘ G...

And other things that make me not want to read a book. I’m currently trying to read Klas Östergren’s ‘The Hurricane Party’ part of Canongate...

I bought this book just over a year ago on a day out with the blond, only getting round to reading it now is actually pretty good going for ...

I’ve enjoyed the short stories of Saki for a long time without really knowing much about him beyond the Wikipedia basics and I hadn’t really...

This book lurked on the periphery of my consciousness for a while, I kept seeing it out of the corner of my eye but could never quite cat...

This is the latest river cottage handbook and today it’s had a proper outing from the shelf. I’ve been stuck indoors waiting for a courier t...