The biggest complaint I have about being a reader is that there are too many books in the world. Even if I did nothing but read, all day every day, I still wouldn’t manage to read all the books I want to in my lifetime. It is a sad state of affairs. It’s actually one… Continue reading The TBR List
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Death of an Airman
First published in 1934, Death of an Airman by Christopher St John Sprigg impressed no less an authority on crime fiction than the crime reviewer for the Sunday Times: Dorothy L. Sayers, creator of amateur detective Lord Peter Whimsey. When the Bishop of Cootamundra, Australia, goes to the Baston Aero Club, England, he expects to… Continue reading Death of an Airman
Review: Heatwave
I was introduced to the TV series Castle by a friend, and I was hooked from the first episode. If you haven't come across it, it's a comedy-crime series starring Nathan Fillion as crime novelist Richard Castle who becomes the side-kick of NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic). He is, you see, inspired by Beckett… Continue reading Review: Heatwave
Reading Lists: May 2020
One of the joys of my recent furlough has been the time I’ve had to read. Not being able to go anywhere, or have any paid work to do from home, means I don’t feel guilty about taking a morning to visit other worlds. I’ve knocked things off my TBR pile, as well as reread… Continue reading Reading Lists: May 2020
Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
The joys of furlough mean that I have lots of time to read, and to stay on track with my British Crime Classics Challenge. On the other hand, with the libraries currently closed and furlough also meaning slightly less money for stocking my own library *sob*, I’m having to rummage through my shelves for some… Continue reading Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I received this book in possibly one of the best ways to receive a book: Quite at random, through the post, a borrowing from a friend. Quite appropriately, too, for this book, which is written in letter-form and begins by exploring what books and reading meant for the Guernsey islanders under the German Occupation of… Continue reading Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Reading Lists: April 2020
Before I started working from home, I was working a lot of overtime, which has the unfortunate side-effect of leaving me with little time or energy to do the things which I want to do. Which means I haven’t read much recently, though it’s been picking up again since, firstly, I don’t have to waste… Continue reading Reading Lists: April 2020
Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
At the start of the year, I decided to take up the Crime Classics Reading Challenge, with the aim of reading at least one new Golden Age crime classic each month. Mostly, this is so I have something specific to look for when I wander through the library, but in my clearing out of the… Continue reading Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
Reading Lists: March 2020
It’s been a strange time, the last few weeks. The first few months of a year I like to take stock of things, to reorganise, and to have a good clear-out. Normally, this just means clothes and going through all the things which just accumulate because you can’t think what to do with them. This… Continue reading Reading Lists: March 2020
Review: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
I’m not much of an artist, and usually I’m not much interested in things I can’t really do, but over the last few years I have begun to develop an appreciation for drawings. For sketches and cartoons. Especially, it must be said, for political cartoons. One of my favourite cartoonists is the late David Low.… Continue reading Review: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
Life Ever Crafting 