When Francis decides to start again, one of the first things she does is change her name to one that she actually likes  and one that she fe...

  Years ago I read Helen Simonson's debut novel Major Pettigrew's Last Stand ( reviewed here ) but it was only earlier this year tha...

  Do you ever think about writing down your life story, and if you do, do you wonder if anyone else would find it interesting?  Betty Rankin...

  Bea and Greta have been close friends for years. Over the years they have written each other many, many letters, of which the annual Chris...

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's theme  is Non-bookish Fre...

I'm reading The highlight of my reading week this week was finishing The Whisky Widow by Karen Brooks. I have no idea why I have never r...

  Sometimes there are books that call your name either because of the cover or title or subject, but you just don't find time to read th...