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 [...]
Vanessa and Virginia
The Not the TV Book Group brought to my attention the novel Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers, published by Two Ravens Press, so thank you to them and to Simon of Stuck-in-a-Book who reviewed it back in 2008. The short novel was far denser than I expected and to begin with I read it [...]
Claire's Corner
With the miscellany links that a number of bloggers indulge in weekly I have been inspired to begin my own feature, which will be called “Claire’s Corner” (I love alliteration!) I have had this in mind for a while but I didn’t want to launch it until I had unveiled my new living space. Like [...]
Library Loot
I really must stop requesting books from the library … but there are so many that catch my eye and it is better than buying them!
In this week’s visit I collected:
Bone Black by bell hooks: a memoir by the famous feminist, I’m interested in hooks’ thoughts on her growing up during racial segregation.
Vanessa and Virginia [...]
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.) [...]
I am reading
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