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Quiet Please!
A lot has happened since the last Bookworm post back in February this year. Plans that were at best embryonic at that stage have moved on significantly; we’re now living in beautiful rural surroundings, close to the sea and awaiting … Continue reading
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Friends and Books in High Places, February 2016
Friends and Books in High Places! It’s been a while since I last posted a book review. This is by no means the entire list of books that have passed through my hands since then, just a few that were … Continue reading
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The Ladies Have It! July 2015
Hot summer days are conducive to the consumption of good books. Since my last review post in April, we’ve spent most of the Spring in France, and I’m now settling down to what looks like a long hot summer under … Continue reading
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A Winter of Relative Content – April 2015
This review covers the period October 2014 to March 2015. During this period we took a quick flip over to France to check on the boat in November, spent Christmas at home, and drove down through France to Spain in … Continue reading
Some Winter’s Tales
This review covers our winter in sunny Spain, where our only supply of books came from the various charity markets and the old stalwart, the charity library. I don’t think I’ve ever abandoned so many half- read books in my … Continue reading
Words on the Water
Words on the Water During recent weeks we’ve been cruising on the French waterways. I made a hurried trip to the library before we left, safe in the knowledge that although the books are available only on three week loan … Continue reading
Garden Tomes – July 2013
It’s been a good month for reading. Maybe it was the hot weather that encouraged me to lounge around in the garden under the shade of a large parasol, with a glass of iced something in my hand; or perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterwards, Ali Shaw, book reviews, Die For You, Exit Ghost, F G Cottam, Greengage Summer, Hans Koppel, Jess Richards, Lisa Unger, Philip Roth, Rachel Heath, Rachel Seiffert, Radclyffe Hall, Rumor Goden, She's Never Coming Back, Snake Ropes, Sophie Hannah, The Carrier, The Finest Type of English Womanhood, The Magdalena Curse, The Man Who Rained, The Well of Loneliness
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