I discovered two things last week. One was Reeces Pieces, which are delicious, and available in milkshake form. The other Was Rosie Thomas, who isn't, but is just as tasty. I have no idea where I acquired Iris and Ruby from, but it is definitely second hand and doesn't has a price in the front … Continue reading Mount TBR 11# Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas
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Sometimes – Sheenagh Pugh
Sometimes Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail, sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes step back from war; elect an honest man; decide they care enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor. Some … Continue reading Sometimes – Sheenagh Pugh
The LainiBop Challenge – Book 15 – The Great Gatsby – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 15 115 The LainiBop Challenge THE GREAT GATSBY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * I loved, loved, loved this book. I'm really looking forward to seeing the new remake of the film but not … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 15 – The Great Gatsby – GUEST
The Ryedale Book Festival
I love love love lit fests of all kinds, and in Yorkshire we are blessed to have some cracking ones right on our doorstep. The last couple of years have seen me travel to Morley, Ilkley, my home town of Scarborough, and round the corner to Headingley in search of a good outing about books, … Continue reading The Ryedale Book Festival
The LainiBop Challenge – Book 14 – Mary, Mary – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 14 116 The LainiBop Challenge MARY, MARY JULIE PARSONS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * Mary, Mary eh? This is the second Mary, Mary I've read this year, the first being the more well-known James Patterson … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 14 – Mary, Mary – GUEST
Nina Bawden
I was bought a big thick three-in-one Nina Bawden collection by my Uncle Allan for Christmas when I was about seven. Carrie's War, the first in the set and Nina Bawden's most famous book, was about a young girl and her needy younger brother being evacuated into Wales during the Second World War. It was also about … Continue reading Nina Bawden
The LainiBop Challenge – Book 13 – Glitz – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 13 117 The LainiBop Challenge GLITZ LOUISE BAGSHAWE * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * Glitz is the story of 4 cousins, Juno and her sister Athena, and their cousins, Venus and her sister Diana. Very different … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 13 – Glitz – GUEST
In the Next Galaxy – Ruth Stone
In the Next Galaxy Things will be different. No one will lose their sight, their hearing, their gallbladder. It will be all Catskills with brand new wrap-around verandas. The idea of Hitler will not have vibrated yet. While back here, they are still cleaning out pockets of wrinkled Nazis hiding in Argentina. But … Continue reading In the Next Galaxy – Ruth Stone
What I Read On My Holidays Part 8- This Holey Life by Sophie Duffy
This year, I went on a beach holiday. I proper, full blown, Brits Abroad beach holdiay. When I put a call out for holiday reading on Twitter I was chuffed to bits by the response, thank you for all the lovely books sent, although this means my TBR pile ain't going down any faster! Legend Press … Continue reading What I Read On My Holidays Part 8- This Holey Life by Sophie Duffy
The LainiBop Challenge – Book 12 The Hunger Games – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 12 118 The LainiBop Challenge THE HUNGER GAMES SUZANNE COLLINS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * I got a present of The Hunger Games boxset for Christmas but have been trying to put off reading them. There … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 12 The Hunger Games – GUEST
