The Book Trunk

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  • Handkerchiefs at the Ready for a Sad Tale

    I always think it is so wonderful when you find a book you love, then read another by the same author and love it just as much. After all, it doesn’t always follow that you enjoy everything a novelist has… Continue reading

  • Remarkable Creatures

    At last, a Tracy Chevalier novel that I enjoyed! As a rule I like the idea of her books far more than I like the books themselves – for some reason I always fail to connect with them. But Remarkable… Continue reading

  • Haunted by Disappointment

    Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley, was one of the most delightful novels I’ve read, so I had high hopes for the follow-up, The Haunted Bookshop, but it failed to live up to expectations, and I was really disappointed. Since… Continue reading

  • A Very Uncommon Queen

    This knitted Queen, from  Knit Your Own Royal Wedding, by Fiona Goble, looks such fun I may make one Well, it’s the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne, so here are some reading suggestions for those who want… Continue reading

  • Snow Fall

    The snow has almost gone, but it looked so pretty while it was here that I couldn’t resist posting Robert Bridges’ poem, ‘London Snow’, because I always think it really captures the silent way snow falls in the night, and… Continue reading