OK. You know those lists that have all the books you should have read? The ones, in my case, that I feel quite smug about To Kill A Mockingbird and Brave New World, but pretty inadequate about almost everything else. Those. My powers of bluster and google had in the most part got me through. […]
Book review – Paris Kiss by Maggie Ritchie
There’s ever such a slight downward plunge in the spirits when I learn that a friend has got a publishing deal. Mostly it’s nothing more than garden variety envy. Green-eyed jealousy that they’ve done it and I haven’t got my act together/the talent. Ho hum. There’s also that extra weight to the sinking that comes from the […]
Locked in Waterstones for the night – book me in
Imagine it. A night to yourself. The luxury of pleasing yourself. Piles of books stand attentive – you can dip in for a paddle or wallow for hours. There are no children, no housework, nothing else to do. When you’re peckish, there’s a coffee shop. You might have to help yourself, but that’s OK. That’s […]
Moonwalker: Adventures of a Midnight Mountaineer
144/365 Book group and the classics we hated…
(AKA The post in which I reveal myself to be an utter lightweight with no respect for proper Literature.)It was book group last night. And the very lovely Freda had remembered – or someone had noticed on Facebook – that it’s my birthday on Monday. I joined the book group possibly seven years ago – […]