Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Here be dragons

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I've just spent a wonderful weekend wallowing in book related nostalgia. On Friday the postman delivered a packet containing four books ...
Friday, 26 June 2009

When in Rome...

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Roman Mysteries - Caroline Lawrence Way back in 2001 I read a book called The Thieves of Ostia , the first book in the Roman Mysteries serie...
Monday, 22 June 2009

There is in London all that life can afford - Samuel Johnson

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City-lit London ed. Heather Reyes I love to travel and visit new places, often before I go somewhere new I'll try to read at least one b...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Midnight Feast?

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The Midnight Charter - David Whitley This is an ambitious debut novel from a very intelligent author. David Whitley was on the wining Univer...
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Friday, 12 June 2009

Posioned Apple?

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The Garden - Elsie V Aidinoff For some reason that I can't explain I really enjoy reading novels that retell Bible stories but that take...
Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy - Simon Wiesenthal

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Saving Rafael - Leslie Wilson The final part of my MA involved writing a 20,000 word dissertation on any topic relating to children's li...
Thursday, 4 June 2009

Chicken House do it again

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Stolen - Lucy Christopher I've just finished this, one of the most disturbing books I've read in a long time. It is a truly outstand...
Monday, 1 June 2009

You don't have to be mad...

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Lottie Biggs is NOT Mad by Hayley Long I'm not sure if the format in which I read this (photocopied manuscript) has prejudiced my thoug...
Friday, 29 May 2009

Living the Dolce Vita

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I knew from the moment that I opened the envelope that this was a book I was going to enjoy, it combines travel writing with recipes and com...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Why a blog?

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I can't remember a time when I couldn't read, early memories involve the delightful Garden Gang books along with other classic Lad...