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Looking Ahead
I rarely plan ahead which books I’m going to read, but as it’s 1 December tomorrow and not much reading time left in the year I thought I’d concentrate on reading from my to-be-read shelves. These are...
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Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
I picked up Portrait in Sepia up in a bookshop four years ago. As I knew nothing about it or the author it joined the other to-be-read books until just recently. The opening pages of this historical...
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Seven White Gates by Malcolm Saville
Once more I’m behind with writing reviews – I blame it on the season! So to catch up I’m going to write some shortish posts with just a few thoughts on the books I’ve been reading. Seven White Gates by...
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London are books that I’ve known about as long as I can remember – they were books my parents owned – but I’ve never read them, until now. So, I was pleased...
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An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
It’s trite to say that Beryl Bainbridge’s An Awfully Big Adventure is ‘awfully good’ – but it is! First published in 1989 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this is set in 1950, as a Liverpool...
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
It seemed the right time of year to read The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie. It’s a collection of six short stories but only the first one, the title...
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Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
Cause for Death is the seventh book in the Dr Kay Scarpetta murder mystery series. It’s a secondhand copy that had been on my TBR shelves for several years and I think I must have started to read it...
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Mount TBR 2014: Final Checkpoint
It’s time for the Final Checkpoint for Bev’s 2014 Mount TBR Challenge. This is my favourite challenge as it really encourages me to read from my own bookshelves. It’s the most simple challenge – read...
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Corvus: A Life With Birds by Esther Woolfson
Corvus by Esther Woolfson is a remarkable book about the birds she has has had living with her; birds that were found out of the nest that would not have survived if she had not taken them in. ‘Corvus’...
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The Way Through The Woods by Colin Dexter: Mini Review
I really enjoyed reading Colin Dexter’s The Way Through The Woods, the tenth book in his Inspector Morse series. It’s nicely complicated and full of puzzles as Morse aided by Sergeant Lewis investigate...
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