The Book Trunk

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  • Patricia Brent, Spinster

    Think Fairy Tales…  And Love at First Sight… And Obstacles Overcome…  And Rags to Riches…  And Happy Ever After…  Patricia Brent, Spinster, by Herbert George Jenkins, is all these, and is one of the most delightful books I’ve read this… Continue reading

  • Magical Moorlands

    I read this on my Kindle, so there’s no cover toadmire, but I could resist including this pictureof the ‘real’ book. I don’t ever remember learning about moors when I did ‘A’ level geography at school. Glaciation, yes. Vulcanicity, yes.… Continue reading

  • Poems for Spring

    Every year, some time in February or March, depending on the vagaries of the English weather, there comes a sunny day when I walk through the Castle Grounds and smell flowery perfume on a warm breeze, and every year I… Continue reading

  • Sky Bears and Kissing Planets

    Just look what I’ve got… The Stargazers’ Almanac! Isn’t it beautiful? It gives a month by month account of what can be seen in the night sky, with lovely clear maps looking north and south, so you won’t miss anything.… Continue reading

  • An Impossible Marriage

    Right, after Margery Sharp here’s another New-to-Me novelist to enthuse about – Pamela Hansford Johnson who was, apparently, immensely popular from the late 1930s through to the 1960s, but seems to have been largely forgotten in recent years. I’ve seen… Continue reading