As I sit writing to yoiu, we have enjoyed the most blissful Autumn day. This morning was full of mist, I could barely see over the road and when I stood outside there was a delicate dampness left on my hair.

Back in 2003, the BBC launched a poll to find the nation's favourite book. I have been on a very loose mission, (and by loose mission, I mean I am probably still stuck in the airport)

Hello everyone, and happy Bank Holiday weekend to you. Here is the UK it is a 3 day weekend. Wahoo! We have a busy weekend culminating in our Village Hog Roast where we all bring a salad, table, cutlery and any beverages we like

Full disclosure here readers, I honestly am not sure what part of the cover of today's book to photograph! It features the torso and crotch of a muscly man

My heart is heavy at the moment at events in the UK. I was unsure whether to speak of this on my blog, it is after all meant to be a cosy look into the books I am reading

The Tiger Who Came to Tea, published in 1968 and the mainstay of many a Children's section. In our store this was an 'A-Core Stock' title. It belonged to that important group of books that must be kept in quantities of 5,

Today's review is a wonderful book, perfect for those lazy, summer days when only a boiling hot cup of tea with an old friend will do. I have gone rogue and am reading this Fairacre series out of sequence

This week I received 2 rather exciting emails. One was from the wonderful Lucy at The Literary Edit, which contained her favourite 5 books read in 2024, and the other was from the folks at Goodreads on my reading challenge.

Happy Monday everyone. I fancied a bit of blogging this evening and wanted to share a brilliant book I have just read. But first of all, I need to tell you Hattie has had a hair cut and is looking very swish indeed.