Right. No blogs in over a year. In fact, no blogs at all! Whoops. This is obviously less than good. There are reasons, such as having to finish my M.Litt in Golden Age detective fiction (waiting for the results *gulp*), but from now on I shall be better.
I am making a resolution to blog at least twice a week from now on. Now that my Masters is finished I have much more time to read books for pleasure without worrying about them being relevant to my thesis, and so hopefully there will be a good eclectic mix of titles here. Also, I am partial to pretty shiny things, so occasionally come might crop up here too…if I find pretty shiny books, it goes without saying that I will feature them!
So, please stick with me and see what I can do. Comments are always welcome too

I also need to add that all of the books reviewed are bought or borrowed by me, or sent to me for review. The views expressed are my own and I do not benefit financially from this blog. The photographs are not mine, unless otherwise stated.

Likes: Books of all kinds, but especially old ones that have a history; good coffee; cereal with ice-cold milk, eaten in bed with a book propped on my knees; pink peonies; thinking about who else has held an old book and if they enjoyed it; cheesy American cop shows; being snuggled under a duvet listening to the rain outside; xkcd.com; somethingpositive.net; London; wild, empty beaches with crashing waves and a bleak sky.

Dislikes: The way that large international internet companies are putting small independent shops out of business (amazon, I’m looking at you); the whole idea of e-books and e-readers- where’s the soul in them?; Costa coffee; foam; crowds; disappointing cakes; badly written endings.