BOOK-COLLECTED GHOST STORIES - M R James October 08, 2008
You have to know the background to this book. M R James was a master at King's Collage Cambridge, and every Chri... [MORE]
BOOK - THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE - Audrey Niffenegger September 14, 2008
THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE - Audrey Niffenegger
This is the strangest idea. One part of the couple remains fixed in time - l... [MORE]
BOOK - GOING POSTAL Terry Pratchet August 11, 2008
Bought this book a couple of years ago because W H Smith's had a load of half price offers (book for a couple of quid - that's me!).&n... [MORE]
DS REVIEW - SOLITAIRE July 27, 2008
Princelet and I went halves on a Nintendo DS last year, but he soon lost interest - it's not really a serious gamer's console. I ... [MORE]
EQUIPMENT - PAPER TAGGER July 01, 2008
I bought mine from www.craftie-charlie.co.uk
OK, so it might be cheating to add an equipment review to the library - but hay, you NEED to k... [MORE]
FILM - SWEENEY TOD July 01, 2008
SWEENEY TOD
Jonny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall
Just for once I get to see a film while it is still being talked about. ... [MORE]
FILM - INDIANA JONES July 01, 2008
INDIANA JONES
I think it is really sad that on the second week of showing a major new film, the cinema is only a quarter full. W... [MORE]
BOOK - ANOTHER WOMAN - Penny Vincenzi June 03, 2008
I came to this book (which is hugely thick!), and this author, without knowing anything about either - the best way perhaps?
I to... [MORE]
BOOK - THE DEVIL'S NOVICE - Ellis Peters June 03, 2008
You all know that I picked up the whole set recently - and I PROMISE not to bore you with ALL of them . What I will do is give y... [MORE]
BOOK - THE FIRST WIVE'S CLUB - Olivia Goldsmith June 03, 2008
I think this is what would be called 'Chick Lit'? This is a whole new area for me so I can only speak as I find.
This is a huge... [MORE]
BOOK - THE RED ROOM - Nicci French June 03, 2008
I have been really lucky with my books lately. We all pass our books round, so I either get them from 'her up the road' or 4 for £1... [MORE]
BOOK - ANNE THE WORD - Richard Francis June 03, 2008
I am the first to admit that I am not a lover of biographies/auto-biographies. Add in the fact that the author states on the cover&... [MORE]
BOOK - THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RATS - Terry Pratchett June 03, 2008
OK - here's the idea - clever (well, VERY clever) street wise moggie hatches a get rich quick scheme; gathers up a load of rats that have be... [MORE]
BOOK - LADY MAGDALEN - Robin Jenkins June 03, 2008
Once in a while a book grabs you, and by the second page you are hooked. This is one of them.
This is the story of the little k... [MORE]
BOOK - INVITATION TO MURDER - Elizabeth Bright June 03, 2008
I was pointed to this book as a bit of light relief after finishing The Tenderness of Wolves (Stef Penney) - which i won't review here, as it ... [MORE]
BOOK - WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT FIBROMYALGIA - Dr Paul St Armand June 03, 2008
OK, I have had FMS, CFS/CF, IBS for the past 14 years, so you MIGHT say i have a 'cause'. Some docs will tell you the the illness can only las... [MORE]
BOOK - FUGITIVE PIECES - Anne Michaels June 03, 2008
I picked this up from the church porch book sale, and it had no blurb on the back to tell you what it was all about - so I came to it totally unprep... [MORE]
BOOK - BOOKS UNBOUND - Michael Jacobs June 03, 2008
It's hard to know whether a craft book is going to be suitable for purpose before you buy it - and especially hard if you live in a book wilderness ... [MORE]
