3 Books to add to your TBR pile today

March 14, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Still Life by Sarah Winman :: 1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings […]

The Book Matchmaker Reading Retreat

March 3, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

Ever wondered what goes on at these retreats that are popping up everywhere now?! Me too. Well, last weekend, I got to go to The Book Matchmaker’s first ever ‘Reading Retreat’ as a small member of the Team behind it all, and I’m here to tell you all about it. {*Spoiler Alert* It was such […]

{read} 10 books for these darker evenings

October 2, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Now that the darker evenings are creeping up on us, it seems like the perfect time to put together a list of books that I’ve read and would recommend and also a list of what’s on my wish list. Blankets, coffee and a book – it doesn’t take a lot to please me. Well, that and […]

“The more that you read, the more things you will know…”

July 12, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We hadn’t left the shop that we were in and Robb couldn’t wait to start his new book. This makes me soo happy! He bought it to take with him on our holiday, but the way this boy of ours reads, he’ll need another new one before we head off! “The more that you read, […]

gorgeous george and the unidentified unsinkable underpants {part 1}

November 13, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

i know! try saying that after a few, eh?! anyway, we were kindly sent the above book by my little big town ltd to review. it tells the story of george, allison and kenny who are off to loch ness to take part in the world porridge championships…{as you do}…but what is up with the strange […]