E and I recently redecorated. It involved taking all the books off the shelves and painting behind the bookcases. So…all the books were just lying there…and it just seemed like the right thing to do! Perfect for curling up with a good book.. Continue reading
So…. it’s been a while. I confess dear readers that the relentless pace of reading and blogging was getting to me so I had a little rebellion in May. It all started when I went on holiday taking two weighty tomes with me, and then, when I got to my destination it was all a … Continue reading
A friend of mine recently asked for some recommendations of holiday reads. I love choosing holiday reads. I generally like to go for a balance of something serious, something light, something I’ve been meaning to read for ages, something quirky, a good history and so on. However, when I started this foolhardy challenge to read … Continue reading
Regular readers will notice that my little blog has a brand new look and I wondered what you, dear reader, thought about it. I changed it because it was quite hard for people to find my old reviews on the old layout, unless they wanted to scroll and scroll and scroll. But, on the other … Continue reading
Well, that was March. We have smashed through the 50 books barrier and are a happy 5th of the way through the reading list for this year. It was a pretty quiet month reading-wise with only 14 books read through but I am hopeful to reinvigorate my efforts in April, particularly by making the most … Continue reading
I can still remember my first Discworld book; I guess I was about 10. My older brother had been reading this book called Pyramids and it seemed impossibly grown-up and mysterious. Being a typical younger sister I, of course, filched it at the first opportunity so that I could read it and be equally mature. … Continue reading
Happy World Book Day, everyone! Today in schools around the world children will be going in dressed as their favourite characters from their favourite books and celebrating the joy of reading. I am afraid that my workplace is not enlightened enough to encourage such joyously gratuitous fancy-dress, but I can’t help pondering which of my … Continue reading
Well, dear reader, what a month it has been. We got off to a bit of a slow start this month and, as a result, we are now about 5 books behind where we should be in this challenge. I need to read 21 per month, but as of the end of Feb, we are … Continue reading
And the winner of the inaugural Blogging Around My Bookcase Competition is…….. You didn’t really think I would tell you that quickly, did you? I have really enjoyed reading your competition entries, so I thought I would share them! FictionFan We’re starting with an honourable mention, rather than a proper entry as FictionFan didn’t want … Continue reading
Dear Reader, it has been a month! Together we have made it through 22 books. 22!! I need to read 21 per month to be on track with this challenge, so numerically we are storming! However, I must admit that three ‘bonus books’ have snuck in. These books were not on my shelves at the … Continue reading
My New Year’s Resolution for 2015: I will read every unread book on my bookcase. It was a challenge easily set and accepted, but at the time I did not realise that this would involve 250 books, nor that Father Christmas had already ordered me another 10ish to add to the list. So, here are … Continue reading
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