Desperate Reader

It's been a grey, wet, and still miserably cold day, in Leicester so I bought a new cook book. I'm currently reading the new Molly K...

I bought a stack of Christmas themed murder mysteries this year with high hopes that I'd get time to read them. I still have a stack of ...

I found things to do with the bergamots (all apart from 1 which went mushy before I got the chance to deal with it). Two went to new homes t...

My mother was wondering why January tends to drag so much earlier today. I'm wondering where it goes and why it's in such a hurry. I...

Translated from the Italian by M. S. Spurr. One of the things I love about blogging is the way that it brings me books I would otherwise b...

Ever since I first flipped through Sarah Randell's 'Marmalade' I've wanted to get my hands on some bergamots and only 3 year...

I'm feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the number of books, both read and unread, in my flat at the moment. There's a pile of them wait...

Around 15 years ago I had a friend who was working as a tour guide (I still have the friend but her job, most inconviently, has changed) in ...

I've had a really lovely week in the Scottish Borders (complete with a day in Edinburgh) and now I'm back at home - and back within ...

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...