My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “so purposefully” Find the previous clue in Friday’s blog post. Next instalment tomorrow…
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “Christmas pudding” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post. Next instalment on Monday…
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “wrapped” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post. Next instalment tomorrow…
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “the gaily” Find the previous clue in yesterday’s blog post. Next instalment tomorrow…
My true love gave to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “about it,” See the previous clue here. Next instalment tomorrow…
My true love gave to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “a little macabre” See the previous clue here. Next instalment tomorrow…
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “something…” See yesterday’s clue here. Next instalment Monday…
My true love sent to me… Win all the books in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – find out how here. Today’s snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe: “There was…”
Starting tomorrow, we’ll be celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas – with a literary twist! So if you fancy a bit of festive fun and a chance to win a lovely pile of books, follow this blog and look out for a snippet of text from a line in the festive mystery, The Mischief […]
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Did you like to play with trains as a kid? I certainly did. Seeing as one of my favourite books as a child was The Little Engine that Could, the Christmas where Santa brought me a steam-engine-train-set remains a highlight in the memory bank of past Christmasses. I’d still get a kick out of one […]
When I come to the end of a book, I realise that leaving the world that I’ve concerned myself with during train rides and Sunday mornings can be just as saddening as knowing you have come to the end of a great story. Some of my favourite settings remain in my imagination long after the […]
Christmas, a good cause, knitwear and a man called Darcy. That’s a pretty irresistible combination, I’m sure you’ll agree. I spotted the other day that Save the Children have launched a perfectly festive fundraising campaign: Christmas Jumper Day. On Friday 13th December, they are encouraging us to wear a suitably Yuletide-emblazoned jumper and to give […]
Being a bit of a foodie, I was excited to be invited to a sushi making class last week, at Sumosan. The evening started with a shining example of what we were attempting to make- delicious crab, and salmon and avocado rolls, as well as salmon and prawn nigiri. Appetites satisfied and inspired, we set […]
I spotted the other day that Campbell’s, purveyors of fine soups, had decided to celebrate the 50 years since Andy Warhol incorporated the brand into his artwork with a set of limited edition tomato soup cans. Pretty nifty eh? It made me think about those images in the world of books that are iconic, absolute […]
There’s a National Day of Something for every day of the year. And we’ve come to the point where we’re doubling up – there aren’t enough days in the calendar to give a National Day to all the Somethings we want to dedicate a National Day to. And half the time we get confused with […]
While most people dread January as it means the end of the holidays, I am quite looking forward to the New Year because with it comes the film release of one of my favourite books: The Book Thief, by Mark Zusak. The book follows nine-year-old Liesel in Nazi Germany, who lives with a foster family as […]
I’m a little bit of a self-confessed online shop-o-holic (Big Lie Alert…I’m a massive online shopping addict!) So imagine my heart palpitations over this little number that I treated myself to earlier this year. This beautiful handmade necklace is a miniature replica of my all time favourite novel, The Great Gatsby. Given the convenience of, […]
I can’t believe it’s nearly a year since I was enjoying cosying up to Restless– the BBC’s adaptation of William Boyd’s great espionage novel. Since then Hayley Atwell, who played headstrong Eva, has become something of a rising star, and I’ve skipped through fantasy (finally watched a bit of Game of Thrones) and French zombies […]
You can usually tell if a book if a UK or foreign edition. There are certain styles or designs that you simply wouldn’t see on a UK cover. As diverse as book covers may be, there is something that tells you (aside from the English text) it’s a UK or at least an Anglo-version. Author […]
So this week everyone’s talking about the Christmas adverts starting on television. Although they do stir some sort of childhood nostalgia, I think the music accompanying the adverts is what makes it special for me. Last year John Lewis gave us Gabrielle Aplin’s The Power of Love cover and the nation melted. For the rest […]