Never Let Me Go

I picked this one up on the recommendation of a friend. And it was the look on her face more than what she said that made me feel like I was compelled to read it. And yet, in spite of all that compulsion it took me a while to, first, get to and then, get […]

Game on!!

I like this game!!! It’s International Book Week!!! Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the fifth sentence in your comment. Don’t mention the title. 🙂 🙂 Let’s see what we get here! Any prizes for guessing the right book?? 😀 😉

Tidbit!

OK I will admit right now that this is stolen info but I figured interesting was interesting, right? Right. So it seems it was on today’s date (21st September) waaaaaaay back in the year 1937 that Tolkein’s Hobbit was published!!

All He Ever Wanted

Stiff, pompous, self-satisfied and narrow-minded men seldom feature as protagonists of stories. But then this is hardly his story. On the face of it, anyway. Professor Nicholas Van Tassel first spots Etna Bliss at the scene of a fire. And it is a fair measure of the man that even as fire devoured a building […]

A Book-y Hello!

For those of you who thought I merely floated an idea of a new page here, coaxed you for your opinions and then disappeared; I most sincerely apologise. And also… Here it is! I was unsure what should be the first conversation around here, what with the millions of options available. And as will often […]