In 2017 I recorded details of the 408 books I read in the year in a lovely spiral bound notebook, coloured salmon pink with grey and white hearts in a pattern on the cover. Looking at it now, I could probably have got another year into it as there are a lot of blank pages … Continue reading What I Read in the Year 2017
A group of women investigate a series of murders in and around the Thames
An author's love for Yorkshire
The life of George Orwell's wife, Eileen and her part in his success
A professor falls from a window and dies - did he jump or was he pushed ?
This summer I decided to tackle my ever growing to-be-read pile by reading and removing from it 24 books. These would be standalone books which had lingered unread for some time – half to be fiction and the other half non-fiction. I decided that they should be read in June, July and August. You can … Continue reading 24 in ’24 Challenge – The Wrap Up
A young girl tries to make a garden in the debris of war
The author walks to both poles becoming the first British woman to do so
the crew of the Wayfarer have to travel across space facing issues both inside and outside their ship
A lot of modern classics this year
