This is as you can see a book for very young readers, but the reason I picked it up was that I heard about it (another volume in the series, actually) from a friend’s review and not only did the stories sound charming, the illustrations/artwork was what caught my eye—pages in distinctive stripes, and all…
Shelf Control #50: And Berry Came Too by Dornford Yates #Humour
Wednesday, June 26--time again for Shelf Control! The last one this month--time certainly is flying. Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains (Mine is currently at 266 including all the e-books I've downloaded). To participate, just pick a…
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Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860) Image source: Pexels
Beauties in Black: Some Favourite Book Covers
A lazy post today since I haven't finished the book(s) I was planning to review this week. Us readers love our books for what's inside of course, but we also love books for what they look like, don't we? Covers--pretty or striking in some way or other--are what draw us to books so many times.…
Shelf Control #49: Diabolic Candelabra by E.R. Punshon #Mystery #TBR #GoldenAge
Wednesday, June 19--time again for Shelf Control! Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. To participate, just pick a book from your TBR pile and write a post about it. Link back to Lisa's page, and do also…
Book Review: The Book Hunters of Katpadi by Pradeep Sebastian
The Book Hunters of Katpadi is a story that takes one into the world of antiquarian books and collecting. Set around a fictional bookstore Biblio in Chennai, supposed to be the country’s first full-fledged antiquarian book store. Run by two bibliophiles, Neela and Kayal, the store specialises in modern Indian first editions, and is in…
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Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby (1838-9) Image source: Pexels p.s. If you've watched #TheHeirs, I'm…
Shelf Control #48: Passion by Jude Morgan
Wednesday, June 12--Shelf Control time again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. To participate, simply pick a book from your TBR pile and write a post about it--when and where you got it, what makes you want…
#Murderous Mondays: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson #BookReview #Mystery
It's been a while since I did a #MurderousMondays post, but that's as it's been a while since I read a murder mystery, surprisingly for me. #MurderousMondays is a feature started by Mackey at Macsbooks, to share her latest murder read. A historical mystery, a contemporary, paranormal, or cosy--there are so many kinds of murder…
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Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless. Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (1854) Image source: Henry Pelham (American, 1749–1806) [Public domain] via wikimedia commons
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