It’s been ages since I managed to do a 6 Degrees post. Somehow the dates pass me by each month before I get chance to get my head around it. But I always enjoy writing them on the rare occasions I do, because you never know where your chain will take you or what you will learn in the process.…
Well, I never thought that Harry Styles would have any influence on my life whatsoever. But I picked this book up in a library sale entirely because of his (somewhat irritating) song. I have no idea whether Harry has actually read the book, but it was apparently lying around whilst he was writing the song and he liked the title.…
Remember when you were a kid, and you had your favourite pudding EVER? The one your mum only made once in a blue moon? And it was so delicious you just couldn’t stop yourself eating it, but at the same time you really wanted to make it last as long as possible? Well, The Vet’s Daughter IS that pudding. Right from…
For the last few years now, I have been feeling increasingly bah, humbug about Christmas. It just seems to get earlier and pushier every year, which frankly always makes me want to dig my heels and fold my arms. I’m usually busy pretending it isn’t happening until at least the first week in December, at which point I start to…
Next on the bookworm trail is another story with ‘good-night’ in the title – Valerie and the Good-Night Swing by Mira Lobe. I don’t have any real reason for chosing this one, other than randomly finding it in a bookshop and liking the illustrations 🙂 The gist Valerie is supposed to be going to bed, but instead she decides to…
2022 Advent Giveaway Believe it or not, the first Sunday of Advent is this weekend, 27th of November. Say what?! I haven’t even started my Christmas shopping 🙁 But don’t worry, it just means that it’s time for the Advent Giveway 2022! Yes, to ease you into the holiday spirit, I am giving away a mystery vintage Christmas book, along…
