Love by Toni Morrison
If you are a regular reader of my blog then you may well know that Toni Morrison is one of my favourite writers. I own all of her books (in matching white editions): I cherish her books; I ration them out. To date I have read six of Morrison’s nine novels and now Love may [...]
Books, Red Wine and Chocolate
When I’m reading I do like doing it with a cuppa and some chocolate; I have also been known to have a glass of wine in one hand and a book in the other. When I was given the opportunity to review chocolate with red wine, it was an offer I [...]
Defined by Books
Simon of Stuck-in-a-Book tagged me in his ten books meme three weeks ago and I am only now getting around to posting; both another cookie crumbles and JoAnn of Lakeside Musings tagged me in the honest scrap “ten things” award so this is also a response to them with ten bookish things about me.
Simon’s rules:
1.) [...]
The White Shelf
Due to popular demand I decided to post a photograph of my white shelf today. An homage to The Beatles’ White Album is appropriate for someone whose blog name plays on their song “Paperback Writer”.
I wrote yesterday that all of the white books were Vintage Books but there’s Animals by Keith Ridgway at the [...]
Thankful for mercies
I am glad to see Toni Morrison’s A Mercy on The Orange Prize for Fiction’s longlist; although there are an abundance of female American authors on the list this year I am thankful that more readers will be introduced to Toni Morrison. I could be wrong but I think that unless you have come [...]
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