Last year, I started a reading challenge that added to my TBR pile. Perhaps that’s unfair, but it didn’t help me to reduce the pile. And I spent last month reading books at the start of series that I now want to continue, which really hasn’t helped. And now we have Lockdown 3 to entertain.… Continue reading Reading the TBR Pile
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Recently Read: From Cornwall to Russia
One of the joys of the last month is that I had a total of three weeks off, which gave me lots of time to catch up on my reading, and knock a few things off my TBR list. I might not have travelled much in the last year, not in-person, but reading has meant… Continue reading Recently Read: From Cornwall to Russia
British Crime Classics Challenge Round-Up
Back at the start of 2020, I decided to give the British Crime Classics Challenge a go. My aim was small, to read one British Crime Classic each month, to give my library trips some sort of goal. Normally I just wander around until something takes my fancy. Of course, then 2020 happened and the… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Round-Up
Recently Read: The Season of Austen
I’ve done better at finishing the books I start in the last month. Perhaps because I’ve mostly been reading the same author, which helps. Having begun with Pride and Prejudice last month, I’ve now gone through five of the six Austens, with only Mansfield Park left to go, although I seem to have misplaced my… Continue reading Recently Read: The Season of Austen
The Late Scholar
The first Peter Wimsey novel I read was Strong Poison. I found it on a book-shelf in what we called the library (previous incarnations had had the room being our playroom, and before that the garden-room; it is not a grand room, simply where my father keeps his reference books) when I was about ten.… Continue reading The Late Scholar
Recently Read: Rereading Austen
It’s become something of a habit: I keep picking up new books to read without finishing the last one. I can’t see it ever stopping, though. It’s nice, sometimes, to have several books on the go. I scatter them around the place, so wherever I sit, I have a book I’m reading. It just means… Continue reading Recently Read: Rereading Austen
Death at Wentwater Court
After the disappointment of the last faux-Golden Age crime novel I tried, it's with actual delight that I'm sharing Carola Dunn's offering. Published in 1997, Death at Wentwater Court is the first in a series starring the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple as our aristocratic amateur detective. At the start of a new career as a journalist,… Continue reading Death at Wentwater Court
Recently Read: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Now is the time of year when the day-job is less busy, and I have time to read again. My favourite time of year! And, since I continue to work from home, there’s even more time for reading. I’ve finally finished both Harriette Wilson’s memoirs and Carl Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind. I’ve… Continue reading Recently Read: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Dying in the Wool
Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody is a '20s-set crime novel which I've resisted reading for a while. Partly, this is because of the first-person narrative. I'm not sure why but first-person annoys me, which in itself is odd given my favourite books. But eventually, feeling a bit like I was being followed around… Continue reading Dying in the Wool
Reading Lists: Curses and Gossip
One of the good things to come out of all the staying at home is that, finally, friends and I have sorted ourselves out with a sort of book-group. I say that, but we have only had one meeting, held via Skype (which I was amazed to discover firstly still existed, and secondly that I… Continue reading Reading Lists: Curses and Gossip
Life Ever Crafting 