I have just finished reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and with the book resting on my lap and the bittersweet afterglow that...

Where can you find Paolo Sarpi and Mick Jagger, the earliest book peddlers and Nazi’s, comfort reads and medieval marginalia, bouqinistes...

This book was recommended to me by a friend. Do your friend(s) a kindness and do the same because it is worth it. Written in a genteel...

Tana French’s novel, In the Woods, (the first of her Dublin Murder Squad Series) is for those who aren’t put out by the unexpected. You...

Picture this…Grade five, recess time and a ball buster boy in my class (Martin) told me that years ago someone had hung themselves in the...

For history buffs, wine lovers and those who just like a good old fashioned mystery, I need to share the following reads. Wine and War by...

If you want to gather insight so as to know someone better, spend some time checking out what they read. Or better yet, take some time to...

Some say it is because I was an October baby, others believe it is because I am a Libra, still others disagree completely with me. But I...

We were completely surrounded. Bodies pressing into us, hands prying and violating; a crush of human flesh and bones. The ATM’s had been...

Jessie the cat Lived in our flat On the last floor Behind the green door Jessie sat on the sill All curled up and still Watching the...

Libreria Acqua Alta This bookshop in Venice, Italy is absolutely dreamy and inspirational. You will find books in gondolas, on steps,...

A generous deeply felt read A yo-yo of emotions, intelligent and a work of love Beautiful prose, full of nuances, layers and texture...

modern stream of consciousness I have just shut this book; still warm to the touch. It is the first time I have read this...

Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts Learning about the writer and the man While in North Carolina, I visited Asheville and the home (now a...

Let what is meaningful to you, be your guide We scribble in our journals, paint, sketch, write poetry and music, we sculpt and craft and...

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History and Family Saga If you want to get a good smattering of New York’s history under your belt without having to endure a dry read,...

Let’s face it, with influencers influencing, amazon suggesting, advertisements proposing, algorithms deciding, instruments calculating...

When you held the world in your hands Remember how, as a kid, everything was larger than life? The formative years of discovery,...

The satisfying crack from the binding of a brand new book. The slightly beaten up well thumbed copy that awaits. Is there anything better...