Halloween is on the way, and some spooky reads are certainly in order. I haven't really read very many 'ghost' or 'horror' stories, so the books on the list I've put together, don't quite fall in that category--perhaps they are more mysteries than horror--but most do have something that makes them right for the season.…
Shelf Control #16
Another Wednesday, and time again for Shelf Control. This is a feature I've borrowed from Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies,and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR. All one has to do is to pick a book from one's TBR, and write a post about it (usually what it's all about, what makes…
If Beatrix Potter Really Loved Animals, Then…
Beatrix Potter is an author I've enjoyed since I was a child, and I continue to love her stories and illustrations. She has written 23 different tales and some other books as well, but this post is not about her as an author (I do want to do a separate post on her, being an…
Bookquotes: Quotes from Books (23)
'I’m afraid I’m not very clever.' Sir Aubrey looked shocked. 'Good heavens, boy, I should hope not! The Taverners have never been bookish. Except your poor father, and look what happened to him.' ― Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea
Book Review: Death of a Snob by M.C. Beaton
This is book 6 in the Hamish Macbeth series by Beaton, though the first in the series that I have read. This is a book I'd featured in Shelf Control #9, and since I finally read it, I decided to share my review here. This one finds Hamish ill in bed with a cold, looking…
Review: The Invisible Hand by James Hartley
My thanks to NetGalley and Lodestone Books for a review copy of this book. While not a re-telling, this book is a story that takes us between the modern world and the Scotland of Macbeth. This is the first of a trilogy titled ‘Shakespeare’s Moon’. Sam is a young boy studying in St Francis…
Shelf Control #15
It's Wednesday, and time again for Shelf Control (I ended up skipping this last week). This is a feature I've borrowed from Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies,and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR. All one has to do is to pick a book from one's TBR every Wednesday, and write a post about…
Bookquotes: Quotes from Books(22)
'I put it to you that you were obviously drunk when you took my client's instructions,' said counsel. Mr Tewkesbery affected to look pained. 'That I was obviously drunk?', he asked. 'Don't repeat the question, sir, kindly answer it.' 'If I was obviously drunk, why did he give me his instructions?" 'Don't ask me…
Miss Marple Favourites
Last year with the Reading the Detectives group on goodreads (find that here), I read Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books chronologically for the first time. The series has fourteen books, twelve full length novels, and two short story collections. Miss Marple is an elderly (though by today's standards she wouldn't be considered all that old)…
Children’s Book of the Month: The Adventures of Dunno by Nikolai Nosov
So far, my Children's Book of the Month posts have featured books that I've been reading and reviewing each month, but this time, the book/s I want to write about is an old childhood favourite which I haven't read in a while--The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends by Nikolai Nosov. Dunno (Neznaika) was actually one…
Literary Potpourri 