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 [...]

Claire’s Corner

I have been intermittently a.w.o.l. from Paperback Reader for weeks now and I would like to explain why, where I can (more on some of the things I’d prefer not to talk about yet at a later date). 1. I was spending time organising a new personal office -above- and the bookshelves that come with [...]

Claire’s Corner

So, I’ve been blogging rather sporadically of late; all I can offer as a reason is that I’ve been busy and London was in the sweaty grips of a heatwave (the operative word being “was”). Pedicures and Pimm’s have been more appealing than posting, to be honest, but I do miss conversing about all things [...]

Claire’s Corner

Have you seen Google’s homepage today? They have the beautiful literary-inspired dedication above to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, today is the 110th anniversary of his birth. If you haven’t read his novella, Le Petit Prince, then please do; it is a curious and wonderfully philisophical book. I have a beautiful illustrated edition and also a cherish [...]

Claire’s Corner

The latest installments of The Bloomsbury Group series -complete with vibrantly coloured covers- arrived at Paperback Reader abode today (published in the UK July 5th). The one I am most excited about reading is the double-header photographed above: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York (or, And Other Adventures, as [...]

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