The Romantics

I saw the film trailer for The Romantics a couple of months ago and was suitably intrigued to find out it was adapted from a novel with the same title (by the writer, who is also in the film industry). As it is not published in the UK, I plumped for a US copy (Picador) [...]

Recent Acquisitions

I have amassed many books recently through the kindness of publishers and of blogging friends. In fact, as I was drafting this post I realised that I had acquired even more when I discovered a book stack photograph that I had forgotten to share with you. The gifts in this pile are the ones teetering [...]

A Grand Afternoon Out

The votes are in, have been verified and I am in the process of writing up my impressions on the books you are most curious about. In the meantime I am sharing with you a photograph of the delectable afternoon tea I partook in at the weekend. The celebration was in honour of a London [...]

Claire’s Corner

With sporadic blogging over the last few months it has been a while since I posted a Claire’s Corner; it has also been a ridiculously long time since I have posted a review (a subjective and personal response to a book read), which is the main subject of this post. I have mentioned that I [...]