I'm reading Lucy Mangan's Bookworm, because how can I resist a memoir about books? However, I am probably getting a sort of impression from it quite different from its intended readers. Most of the books she mentions are books I've never read. I mean, I've read Narnia. And Sweet Valley High. Maybe something else. But mostly, for me, it's the ( Read more... )

Reading: Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Dennison, looks like a readable mystery, though the protagonist priest's background seems a bit too much - twice orphaned! mother a Eurovision winner! former stage magician! with last name Christmas ( Read more... )

So I went to Israel for a week and it was pretty awesome (and I have 700+ photos to deal with). I want to come again, with a route more tailored to my particular touristic tastes. I am not sure I'd want to _live_ there, though (summer weather!), even though I may end having to ( Read more... )