There’s a danger in knowing a little bit about a subject portrayed in a book you’re reading. Disbelief becomes hard to suspend and every mistake feels like a personal insult. If the book is one that you’re fairly neutral about in the first place it leads to frustration..
Wellies and Westies
19 May 2015 by Leave a Comment
As a little girl I always wanted a dog but my dad wasn’t keen, but mum and I wore him down and when I was about 11 we rescued a little West Highland Terrier who was being given up by her owners. Misty was the sweetest little dog you can imagine…
Beauty
25 June 2014 by 3 Comments
We’re just over 8 months in our new house and have built a summer house in the back garden, it’s a fabulous place – big and airy and with a fridge full of white wine and a speaker for music. This is my new happy place and I will happily forego a holiday this year to spend time in the garden reading…
The Summer House
27 November 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a busy old couple of months, I’ve moved home from Surrey, which I adored, to Somerset. In that time my reading and film-going have taken a back seat to packing, unpacking, fighting with BT and trying to remember to change addresses with all of the appropriate companies. Things are settling down now…