There's something very unsatisfying about finishing a book, especially one that's taken you a while to read. You're just getting used to these new characters being around and being part of you, then suddenly they're ripped away.

Usually I'm a fairly fast reader, but it's taken me several weeks to finish The Distant Hours, Kate Morton's latest book ( Read more... )

I've finally finished my re-read of The Forgotten Garden. It's taken me longer than it usually would - I started reading it again back towards the end of April when my laptop broke. I had a couple of deadlines around that time so obviously I was busy with them, but I still needed something fun to do to keep me sane. It turned out that I was only ( Read more... )