“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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Latest Posts

  • Book Buying in London!

    Book boxes outside Any Amount of Books. I’ve been to London for a couple of days visiting my Younger Daughter, and although I didn’t make it as far as Persephone, we spent a happy afternoon exploring bookshops in Charing Cross… Continue reading

  • Time To Tidy The Shelves…

    LibraryThing and Viragoing for August has gone to my head I think. Have started trying to tidy bookshelves – not something I attempt all that often! Now have two rows of Viragos and Persephones, which may not look a lot,… Continue reading

  • The Land of Green Ginger

    Another Virago for LibrayThing’s All Virago All Augustchallenge. And I think this one will do nicely for the What’s in a Name challenge over at The Worm Hole – it’s my entry for a book with the letters ‘ing’ in… Continue reading

  • Tears, Lies – and Ice Cream!

     My 1990 edition of A Little Love, A little Learning. The cover shows Weisse Vase Mit Heidekraut by Oskar Moll. The year Aunt Hat came to us, my main ambition – apart from rescuing someone from drowning, or winning… Continue reading

  • A Doomed Love Affair

    I’ve never read any Elizabeth Bowen before, and I didn’t quite know what to expect from The House in Paris, with its themes of love, sex, betrayal, growing up and the search for identity. To be honest, after reading it… Continue reading

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