May Retrospective

May was such a wonderful month for reading that it bears blogging about. I read sixteen books (well, I finished two in June, but April’s reading filtered into the first days of May so it all evens out); sixteen is a huge record for me – last year I averaged six a month and earlier [...]

The Snow Goose

One of the Guardian’s 1000 Novels You Must Read The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico is whimsical and poignant. Before reading about it on the list I had never heard about of this novella but then I noticed that it appeared on my Amazon recommendations (by chance or by design?) and that I had heard [...]

This and That…

This is a blog post about this and that, bits and bobs; more of an update really. Firstly, The Little Stranger is on its way in the post to me and I am unbelievably excited (I don’t think I’ve anticipated a book this much since the last three Harry Potter books). I pre-ordered it over [...]

Miss Chopsticks

The premise of Miss Chopsticks by Xinran excited me: From the author of the bestselling “The Good Women of China” comes the uplifting story of three sisters who, like so many migrant workers in today’s China, leave their peasant community to seek their fortune in the big city. The Li sisters don’t have much education, [...]

Thou Shalt Covet Books

My first commandment: thou shalt read booksMy second commandment: thou shalt covet booksMy third commandment: thou shalt have books What better way to blog on a dreary Bank Holiday Monday than to blog about the books I covet. I have read a number of book coveting posts this month that contribute to Debi’s mini-challenge in [...]

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