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…
For someone who loves Southern American literature, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to get round to Twain. I had never read any of his books I picked up Puddn’head Wilson earlier this year – and I enjoyed it so much, I was spurred on to catch up with some of his other books. So here is…
Halloween Giveaway!! No tricks, just treats! Why do kids get all the good stuff on Halloween? I’m redressing the balance with my Halloween Giveaway 2022! Yes, I am giving away this gorgeous set of spooky Penguin Clothbounds to one lucky winner. The full set comprises of: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Mask of the Read Death by Edgar Allan…
Following on from New Blue Shoes, this month I’m looking at another of Eve Rice’s picture books: Goodnight, Goodnight, first published in 1980. The gist Unsurprisingly, the book is about everyone in a city saying goodnight and getting ready to go to bed. Men, women, babies, children, pets, shops, firemen and policemen are all pleasantly saying goodnight to each other…
Black Narcissus (1947) may seem like a strange choice for my third Film First post. I wouldn’t call it a favourite film. That suggests one that I’ve seen hundreds of times and know it off by heart. In fact, before writing this post, I’d only seen it twice. But it has always sort of haunted me. I first saw it…
Time for 6 Degrees of Separation August! These months are flying by far too fast for my liking. In case you don’t know, 6 Degrees is a meme hosted by Books Are My Favourite and Best – you can check out how it all works here. This month we are starting with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth…
There are plenty of ‘Classic Books’ I have never read for one reason or another. There are only so many hours in the day afterall. ‘Classics’ are typically well known and have had a lot of stuff written about them, so I’m not going to witter on. Here is the first of my super quick reviews of those I’m finally…
