Category: Books

Much as I enjoy reading other people’s book blogs, and much as admire their reading stamina, memory for detail and ability to present synopsis and opinion succinctly and in an entertaining fashion, I’m rather enjoying putting together my long-winded rambles which seem to say a great deal less in a great many more words.  I’ll add the occasional review, especially of a classic, but rambling, rather than reviewing, suits me better.  I enjoy the journey, though for anyone with the time and stamina to indulge me and follow along, a cup of tea or beverage of choice might be fortifying…

Continue reading “Reading Rambles: Eowyn Ivey’s Alaska”

Earlier this week the latest Classics Club spin was announced.  This will be spin number 15 for the club and my second.  Details of how it works can be found here. Continue reading “My Second Classics Club Spin”

‘Winter Holiday’ by Arthur Ransome and ‘Mistletoe and Murder’ by Robin Stevens

(read as part of the Classics Club and Christmas Reading challenges) Continue reading “Reading Rambles: a wander among childhoods passed”

Ah…. Books.  An entirely different matter from reading.  Books are entities; books have a presence of their own beyond the words and the worlds contained within their pages.  Books are things of beauty.  At least that’s how it is for me. Continue reading “Books, Glorious Books…”

Inspired by Katrina at Pining for the West  I am joining the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 2016 hosted at the wonderfully festive  Christmas Spirit blog. Continue reading “Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 2016”

Published 1816

(Reviewed as part of the Classics Club Challenge) Continue reading “Emma by Jane Austen”

It was frosty this morning: a crisp, sharp frost.  The water in the bird bath was a solid bowl of ice.  This morning’s walk up the hill was invigorating, with smoky breath trailing in my wake. Continue reading “Books and other warming things”

It’s November. Enticed by the pleasures of small achievements, in September I applied myself to two reading challenges which ended with October.  I remember thinking at the start that Halloween would have been and gone by the time I’d finished and it seemed such a long way off back then.  The weeks fly past! Continue reading “Reading round-up: October/November”

Published 1993

(Reviewed as part of the Classics Club Challenge and the Prizewinner Challenge) Continue reading “The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx”

Tracking this tag back to its source, I have  The Library Lizard to thank for setting these questions.  Time travel isn’t something I would normally associate with my choice of reading matter so I wondered if I’d have any answers to offer.  But   the lovely Jane at Beyond Eden Rock suggested I might like to have a go and it’s been a good way of focusing my thoughts, and turning those thoughts into a post – something I’m struggling with at the moment. I’ve had a thoroughly indulgent few hours pottering among my book lists and books shelves, making my choices, collating my answers and then wandering through the choices of others before me.  Thanks to Jane and The Library Lizard for such an enjoyable afternoon!

Continue reading “The Bookish Time Travel Tag”