Desperate Reader

A book about the search for what remains of the world's extinct creatures is the kind of thing I want to read and be better informed abo...

If I was underwhelmed by  Castle Skull  a few weeks ago, 'The Lost Gallows' is a return to form for both me and Carr. In this case f...

Nap Lombard is the pseudonym used by Pamala Hansford Johnson and her first husband, Gordan Neil Stewart for the two detective novels they wr...

Herb - the second book I bought in an actual bookshop last week when it was finally possible to do so again for the first time in months. I ...

 I've really enjoyed  Stuck in a Book  and  Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings | "Vivre le livre!" (wordpress.com)  1936 book club...

A round up of three free things. The new Shetland Wool Wook hat pattern is now available. Wilma Malcolmson is carrying on as wool week patro...

I have a small handful of Sabatini's books re-printed by House of Stratus and bought about 20 years ago. I remember enjoying them in all...

It turns out that Heyer published 2 books in 1936 (a bonus for me this week). The Talisman Ring , covered in yesterdays post, and a contempo...

I had forgotten about the 1936 club until I saw a reminder from  Simon  a couple of weeks ago, and then got quietly excited when I realised ...

It was the 14th of January 2020 when I last went to London, the purpose of the trip was to get a readers card for the National Art Library (...