Tag: books
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Mayhem,Murder and Dionysian Frenzies
I know, I promised an Advent Bookfest, and here is a book about mayhem and murder, but I was having an end of year tidy-up in the electronic filing room, when I found a folder full of unpublished and unfinished posts. I’ll start with Donna Tart. How come I haven’t encountered her work before? Where…
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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 – but have you ever read while ironing? Or left clothes behind to make room…
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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 gone here, because it is partly about books. Or I could have written something completely…
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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. Toady was no exception, and I trawled though the stacked shelves of several such stores,…
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Look at a Book
BOOKS are important. Not only do they tell stories, they relay information and link us with the past and the future. They help us to make sense of our own lives – and to gain insight and understanding into the way others live. I wanted to create a second page on my original blog where…
The Book Trunk 