Top 5 Books I want to re-read

I'm the kind of person who keeps such a big pile of unread books on their bedside table, they regularly topple over when I'm groping to turn off my alarm. Maybe if I ever had a month-long holiday lying on a beach I could actually catch up and read some of them. And then if …

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Herman Melville: you won’t get the better of me

Me vs the Leviathan

Herman Melville: nice alliteration, shame about the word count

I started reading Moby Dick: I may live to regret it.

A Walk to Wuthering Heights

We mustn't call it Wuthering Heights... but it is

Mum’s Book Review: Silent Nation by Beverly Sanford

A fast-paced, thought-provoking read for younger teens

Charlotte and Me

Why I owe Charlotte Brontë a massive hot chocolate

Three books which got me thinking…

random connections between holiday reading matter. And Bruce Springsteen rules.

Wuthering Heights again – Does Anyone Read Joseph’s speeches?

This post has been amended to include the little dots on top of the last letter of Emily Brontë's surname - thanks to Erin of Bubbles and Beebots for telling me how to do this! I've been thinking a lot about Wuthering Heights and English Literature generally in the last few days.  11YO has dipped into …

My favourite books

This post has been amended to include the little dots on top of the last letter of Emily Brontë's surname - thanks to Erin of Bubbles and Beebots for telling me how to do this! Two bloggers have recently asked me the question 'what is your favourite book?' Funnily enough I'd just been thinking about this very …

The Edge of Nowhere book launch

IN BOOKSTORES AND ONLINE TODAY! Today I'm delighted to be helping to launch blogging friend C. H. Armstrong's first published novel.  I've read the opening chapter and was gripped from the start, so will definitely be buying a copy! SYNOPSIS The year is 1992 and Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene—reviled matriarch of a sprawling family—is dying. …