As I make my way through my TBR list, I’m finding books that I’ve completely forgotten about and come as a delightful surprise to read. Miss Buncle’s Book is one of them. Barbara Buncle is in desperate straits. Her dividends have decreased to the point where they really aren’t enough and she has to think… Read More Miss Buncle’s Book
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Hope you had a great festive season with family and plenty of feasting! I’ve been very happily eating lots of steamboat and catching up with extended members of the family (and spending some time reading and drinking tea, of course) I loved The Bear and the Nightingale and I thought… Read More The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
I don’t know how she does it, but each book in the Fairacre series remains as charming as ever, while adding a layer of complexity to the story. Storm in the Village, the third book in the series, has the whole village of Fairacre grappling with the news that a new estate may be built… Read More Storm in the Village by Miss Read
It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that the person planning a trip turns into a tyrant within twenty-four hours. Ok, perhaps tyrant is an overstatement, but I definitely went overboard with a twenty-six page (and counting!) itinerary. Part of the itinerary included reading recommendations and they are growing every single day. So far, the books… Read More Books I’m Reading Before Going to England
I was intending to ration these stories and read them slowly, but I read the first one, realised that I remembered it, read the second one, awoke another memory, and then ended up finishing the book in one sitting. And you know what? This was a fantastic trip down memory lane that scratched a book… Read More The Girl with the Green Ear by Margaret Mahy