Every year when I put my top ten reads together, I start by thinking that the year hasn't been all that brilliant for reading, and then ...

I was very excited to get an abebooks alert about an affordable copy of My Husband Simon  (1931) by Mollie Panter-Downes (which is usually e...

I hope you have all had, or will have, a very wonderful Christmas. We've had a lovely day here - mostly playing games, eating, and openi...

I'm enjoying a lazy time down in Somerset, now that work has finished for Christmas, and was supposed to be getting down to lots of read...

I've made my peace with not getting to the end of my Century of Books by the end of 2014 - that's fine; the rules are very flexible ...

One of the greatest pleasures I have had in blogging is getting to know Claire's blog. We all know and love her as The Captive Reader ...

It's not the weekend, so I can't call this a Weekend Miscellany, but here are a bunch of things I've been meaning to link to or ...