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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Winifred Watson
First published in 1935, Winifred Watson’s only city-set novel is a absolute delight, without being in any way twee or sentimental. It’s the story of a struggling governess who discovers that she has...
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier – Comforting Reads, Part 1
Like most people, I read different kinds of books for different reasons. Long bubble baths, train journeys, my short daily commute and hungover Sunday morning all need different types of reading...
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‘I love you. I love you. I love you’
This could be part of my Comforting Reads series, as it’s the literary equivalent of a giant hug. Although it doesn’t have a traditionally ‘happy ending’, it is hopeful and you end the novel feeling...
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‘A Shilling for Candles’– Josephine Tey
A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey is the book that Mr. Bibliomouse bought for me in The English Bookshop in Stockholm. I already had all of her other detective novels, and had been searching for...
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Edmund Crispin – Comforting Reads, part 2
Edmund Crispin, a pseudonym for Robert Bruce Montgomery, is my favourite Golden Age detective author. Despite writing part of my Masters on his crime novels, I haven’t reached the point where I feel...
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Bookish Mugs for Autumn
I don’t know what the weather is like in the rest of the country/world but here in the North East it’s cold and blustery. Autumn is actually my favourite season, with its woolly jumpers, boots,...
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Books to Curl Up With, part I
I said that I’d put together a list of ‘cosy books’ what seems like an age ago and I’ve finally done it, in a few parts. I feel I have to point out that it’s definitely a list that reflects my reading...
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Books to Curl Up With, part II
It’s getting colder outside, Christmas-scented candles are being lit and we’ve had the first proper snow of the year. It’s obviously time for two more cosy books! Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers...
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