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I am a Guest Blogger!
WOOHOO! Today I am a guest blogger for Vulpes Libris, with a piece about my family’s somewhat eccentric reading habits. As a child most people have hidden a book under the bedclothes or beneath the lid of a school desk… Continue reading
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The Scold’s Bridle, by Minette Walters
Child abuse, rape, theft, blackmail, prostitution and drug addiction make for a heady drama in Minette Walters’ The Scold’s Bridle, which explores the darker side of relationships and offers us what is, at times, a bleak view view of humanity… Continue reading
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It’s Back to the Charity Shop for Inspector Felse
BOOKS can throw up surprises, as I found with the crime novels bagged during my forays into the own’s charity shops. I had expected to like Ellis Peters’ A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs, because I love her Cadfael mysteries. But… Continue reading
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Books, Cathedrals and Tea
TODAY was a day of books, cathedrals, tea and friendship, which means I have written a piece and posted it on my other blog (the one about life, the universe and everything) but, with a few alterations, it could have… Continue reading
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Off the Shelves of the Charity Shops
I WENT to town to buy cat food and loo rolls – and came home with two bags of books. That’s because charity shops are a fantastic source of bargain books, and I can rarely resist the chance to browse.… Continue reading
The Book Trunk 