the last saturday of summer
It’s Saturday again, and you all know what that means… it’s Library Day! Best snags today– newest Dorothy Cannell mystery; “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie”; and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”...
View Articlea beginner’s guide to Douglas Adams
Monty Python, Eddie Izzard, Bill Cosby, Mel Brooks, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who … You know that favorite thing you have– the one that you are zealously delighted to introduce to everyone around...
View Articlea sweet treat of a novel
hi, ya’ll! This was the last book I read during the summer, and the tiny bit of the review I wrote has been sitting here in the draft box and taunting me for weeks to finish it– so here it finally is!...
View ArticleInterview with a fellow Book Blogger
Hi, all– I’ve been sadly neglecting my poor blog readers for the past several weeks, but I’m back today with a lovely interview with a fellow book blogger. We, along with many many others, are...
View ArticleBBAW meme
Here’s my next post in our continuing celebration of Book Blogger Appreciation Week. The instructions were to just pick a few or to answer them all in 5 words or less. Yeah, not so much with the...
View Articlebooks I read because of a book blog
Here we go with another post topic from Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW). Unfortunately, my pile of unfinished grading is mocking me from the corner, so this one will be a quick pic answer. What...
View Articlerepost: review of 84, Charing Cross Road
Title: 84, Charing Cross Road Author: Helene Hanff Series: She wrote a follow-up book called “The Duchess of Boomsbury Street.” Pub: 1970 Randomly interesting thing: Helene Hanff wrote many scripts for...
View Articlerepost: review of “The Shortest Way to Hades”
Title: The Shortest Way to Hades Author: Sarah Caudwell Series: the Hilary Tamar mysteries Summary: A group of young London barristers, along with their former tutor Tamar, set out to investigate the...
View ArticleHi, Hannah
Title: Birth Marks Author: Sarah Dunant Published: 1992 Series: The Hannah Wolfe Crime Novels Summary: Hannah, back in London, is hired to find a missing ballet dancer, Carolyn Hamilton. When Carolyn...
View Articlelong long overdue review: “Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical”
Title: Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical Author: Rob Shearman Pub: Big Finish, 2009 Genre: Short Stories/ Novellas Awards Won: Shirley Jackson Awards, Edge Hill Short Story Readers Prize, 2010...
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