Mainly books, but also other pleasing things
Posted in Biography, Books, Bookshops, Fiction, Friday Finds, History, Non-fiction, Weekly Events on Jul 9th, 2010
New-to-me books this week are Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh, and The Sisters who would be Queen by Leanda de Lisle. Louise Welsh is the author of The Cutting Room, a dark mystery, which I read several years ago and thought was good, if rather scary. Naming the Bones looks promising: Knee-deep in the [...]
Posted in Books, Bookshops, Linlithgow, Scotland on Apr 2nd, 2009
This is my 500th post! I began very tentatively in July 2006, when I wrote my first post beginning “This is my first attempt at writing a blog.” It wasn’t much of an attempt and I wrote nothing more until April 2007. I never thought then that I’d keep going for another two years and reach [...]
Posted in Bookshops, Musing Mondays on Feb 2nd, 2009
Musing Mondays is hosted by Rebecca from Just One More Page. Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about book stores… How do you choose what to buy from your local bookstore? Do you have a list, or just browse? What is the selection in your book store like? Do you find what you’re looking for? Do [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Bookshops, Cotswolds, Fiction on Oct 6th, 2007
Whilst we were in the Cotswolds last week we drove through Chipping Norton and decided to stop for a coffee. There is a small parking area on Middle Row, just off the main road through the town and there was just one space available. When we got out of the car, we saw behind us [...]
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