For those of you who have been following the #bookaday posts, I've been up in the Alps for a week. I'm back and refuelled, and will pick up with the posts and get back to writing. We drove the length of the Grossglockner Pass, which is the highest and one of the most beautiful roads … Continue reading #bookadayuk Hooked you into reading: The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and The Brothers Grimm
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This is a short #bookaday post today as I've already posted photos of yesterdays trip to Sopron, Hungary. Today's #bookaday challenge is to choose a book that reminds you of someone you love. My husband bought and read this to me on our honeymoon. I love being read to (although it doesn't happen often), … Continue reading #bookadayUK The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
This one has been on my shelf for a while but I found it the other day, having forgotten all about it. Has anyone read it? In the absence of any views on the book, here is the blurb: The God of Small Things (1997) is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is … Continue reading #bookaday Forgot I owned it: The God of Small Things
The Bookseller has announced that Harper Collins imprint The Borough Press is launching a social initiative for booklovers to share books they love on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #bookaday. It will begin today, Sunday 1st June, and run throughout the entire month. Where has the year gone? How did we get to June? I … Continue reading #bookaday Favourite Book From Childhood: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
There are current and heated debates about paperbacks versus eBooks in every crevice of the book-loving community, and for good reason. Some fear the closure of many and, possibly in the future, all bookshops, but I believe and hope that this will not be the case. I posted a while about about library finds and … Continue reading The Joy of A Bookshop
