A recent discussion at Charlotte's Library about her favourite fictional room was a joy to me as this is probably my favourite fictional room too. You can click through to read the description which enthralled me around age 11. I was a small child like the main character in The little white horse which I think helped me identify with the bedroom ( Read more... )

Looking at my list of books read, I'm quite far behind on talking about books of interest. Here's a quicky update on some of them:

Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair was another excellent mystery. This one is about a country solicitor whose peaceful life is interrupted when he called in to help two local women who are accused of kidnapping a ( Read more... )

I'm being lazy here and nicking bits of my quick reviews from goodreads, so if you're one of my friends there please don't be surprised if you have deja vu.

A new mystery book that I enjoyed a month or so ago was In the bleak midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming. This is a modern mystery/crime book set in a small town in New York and starring a ( Read more... )

Instead of recent books I’ve read, I thought I’d discuss some of the books I haven’t finished this year. I’ve actually finished nearly all of the books I’ve properly started (i.e. not just read a few pages and decided it wasn’t for me) this year and was starting to think I’m either mellowing with age or getting better at picking out books. But ( Read more... )