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• A Broken Mirror by Mercè Rodoreda (1962)

  I came upon this book entirely by chance in Waterstone's - it was the cover that made me pick it up, and I am so, so glad I did. A Broken Mirror is described... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh

  I loved Jennifer McVeigh's first novel The Fever Tree (my review is here) so I was eager to read her new novel Leopard at the Door. It has a similar setup, in... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh (2017)

  I loved Jennifer McVeigh's first novel The Fever Tree (my review is here) so I was eager to read her new novel Leopard at the Door. It has a similar setup, in... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back Soon!

  Hello dear readers, you may have notice that there have not been any new posts here for a while - and I must apologise for that. Getting married took over my... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All the Good Things by Clare Fisher

  This novel was one of four that I accepted for review from Viking, and it was the one I was least sure about. I liked the initial premise, the question of... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung by Min Kym

  This book was one of the few review copies I have been accepting recently, and I'm glad I decided to read and review it, because it's something a little... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

  

  I have read a couple of books about English witch trials, and the history of why they happened, so this book wasn't entirely new ground for me - but is certainl... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday, 19th April 2017

  

  I'm sure you have now heard about WWW Wednesday (even I know about it), but to recap, this is what it entails - you must post about three books: What you... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday, 19th April 2017

  

  I'm sure you have now heard about WWW Wednesday (even I know about it), but to recap, this is what it entails - you must post about three books: What you... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

  See What I Have Done is one of those books that gets an awful lot of hype and press, and often this puts me off for some reason - but in this case it is entirel... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Upcoming Reads and Reviews, April 2017

  

  Upcoming reviews I am pleased to say I have finally finished reading Gareth Russell's wonderful book about Catherine Howard, Young and Damned and Fair. It took... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Good People by Hannah Kent

  

  Like many readers I loved Hannah Kent's first novel Burial Rites (2013), so I had high expectations for The Good People. Like its predecessor it is set in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg

  

  I have to admit this book was an impulse purchase. In Waitrose. But I just really felt like some slightly generic crime, and The Ice Child fulfilled that wish.... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday, 1st March 2017

  

  I've only participated in WWW Wednesday once before, and that was ages ago, so I felt like giving it another try. The idea is to post three things: What you... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday

  

  I've only participated in WWW Wednesday once before, and that was ages ago, so I felt like giving it another try. The idea is to post three things: What you... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New Affiliate: Blackwell’s

  

  I am pleased to announce that I am now part of the affiliate programme for Blackwell's! Blackwell's are one of my favourite bookshops and the Oxford branch (jus... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Which I Finally Read The Handmaid’s Tale

  

  There are always books that one means to read, that 'should' be read - and for me one of them was The Handmaid's Tale. It was published before I was even born,... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Looking Back on the Books of 2016

  

  This is another overdue blog post, but one that I've really been looking forward to writing. I read 31 books in 2016, of varying quality, but overall it was a... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Overdue Update on Christmas and Birthday Books

  

  As I said in my last post, life has rather gotten in the way of blogging over the last month or so (probably more than that), so I am only just getting around t... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Little Update!

  Hello dear readers! My apologies for my absence. Life has been a wee bit crazy in the last month or so, but we have finally moved into our new house and things... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE