As promised, Laurie King is guest blogging here today on a topic and period that for a while now has been of endless fascination to me.  I'm a relatively new convert to the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes mysteries, but trust me, it only takes one book to become addicted.  S...

I've left off writing about Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier for a b it too long, and now I'm no t sure I can do it justice .  As I read over other reviews to refresh my memory I see how bad it is for small details (a reminder to myself that notetaking wou...

I'm still spending time with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.  I have another film versi on to watch (hopefully this evening), which was pro duced by the BBC and Ti me-Life Films.  I'll be curious to s ee if it follows the play more  closely than
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First the bad news.  You might already know that I work in a university library.  Earlier this week there was a story in the local newspaper where the president of the university was quoted on the sad state of economic affairs concerning the state'...

I love historical fiction/mysteries, though lately I find myself reading about certain periods time and again.  This would be the Victorian era and the war years (both WWI and WWII).  I've been reading a lot of books about or set in Victorian times particularly (hence my ...

I really like Georges Simenon.  It took me a long time to get around to reading any of his work (another case of writing off an author I thought would not appeal to me), but with each new book I pick up, I think I like him a little more.  Last year I was introduce...

It was not with the best intentions that I picked up Elena Ferrante's Troubling Love.  With just under 150 pages it l ooked to be a quick  and easy read, a cushy book to fill in the numbers on my library reading list.  I should know by now that looks can be deceivin...

  Ah how the weather can change so quickly.  Yesterday was sunny and close to 50 and today...it's snowing.  You can't tell from my photo, but it's actually snowing very hard and we are due to get upwards of 6 to 8 inches of the stuff.  Oh joy.  A...

I don't have  much to share this week in terms of library finds, which is probably a good thing.  I'm still trying hard to finish five books for my libr ary's winter reading progra m.  I've read tw o, have two more in prog ress and have one in m ind to s...

  What I'm reading now?  Apparently everything I can get my hands on, if this photo is anything to go by.  I think books are filling some deep inner need at the moment, since the weather is doing nothing to make me feel happy (see yesterday's post).  I'v e just ha...