Category: British Library
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Some time back I discovered the Lake District Murders by Martin, read and thoroughly enjoyed them. Then later he popped up as consultant to the British Library Classic Crime series, introducing many of the book republished and also curating a collection of short stories for titles such as Blood on the Tracks, a collection of…
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First up – I love visiting the British Library. OK I freely admit I am not madly keen on its architecture. I lived in Judd Street just opposite for years and watched it slowly being built and I do mean slowly. My sister, a librarian, worked for the British Library in Store Street and was…
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When I first started this blog some thirteen years ago now, I had such good intentions. I was going to read Serious Books. Books which were Good for Me by writers who were lauded as being the best. I looked at the Booker long lists, I chose, I read, I ploughed on. I took…
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I have just spent half an hour sorting through my TBR table and shelving books I have written about, put to one side those I will not be reading or reviewing and then another heap of books to feature in this post. I also have a bag for the charity shop so am feeling a…
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I am delighted to say that the books being rediscovered and reprinted by the wonderful British Library keep on coming. So many of the author's names are familiar to me from my days working in the library system when I used to shelve yards of books. I remember Michael Gilbert well and can even visualise…
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I have been catching up and sorting out the last couple of days and now feel organised enough in my mind to start the reading posts for this year. On checking my blog it seems I read about 240 books last year. A huge chunk of these were read on my cruise last January-March and…
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In a previous post I made it clear that this year, with the travelling I have been doing, I decided not to embark on any ambitious reading but merely to pick and dip into what took my fancy. Therefore, my books of the year for 2018 will not reflect any great, deep tomes of philosophical…
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I am starting off this post by assuring you that I do NOT work for the British Library though you could very well think I do the number of times I post about it. I freely admit that I find the building rather uninviting from the outside, all that brick and angles but I love…
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I have had "Christmas" books piling up since September but I refuse point blank to write about them until at least October as I think the festive season starts far too early and I have no desire to encourage this. As most of you Dear Readers will know by now I am Scrooge like when…
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I always try to add a little background to my posts so in order to make you really really interested I am now telling you that I am propped up on my bed, loose kaftan on and that is all, and I mean all, curtains drawn and fan going full blast and here I have…
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I have had this book for a year but have yet to write about it. Why you ask? Well, it is not a book you sit and read through. I have been dipping in an out of it for months now and have only just read the final chapter. But that still does not mean…
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It has taken me a few days to recover from the drive back from Yorkshire so apologies for absence. I love Yorkshire and could visit there all the time, but the journey is now exhausting. Going up over six hours because of road works etc and though coming back was more straightforward, it was still…
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When I arrived back home I had plenty of books to unpack and there were two with those wonderful distinctive covers from the Classic Crime Series from the British Library. Last week I was able to sit down and give them my attention. E C Lorac was the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett, (easy…
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Christmas time, so much to do, so many books to read. So little time. An absolutely gorgeous sumptuous book which would make a great pressie for anybody interested in the history of fashion comes from, yes it is that place again, the British Library. Fashion Illustration in Britain, Society and the Seasons by Amber Jane…
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I was up in London this weekend and took my two granddaughters, Florence and Beatrice to the above exhibition. Florence has read nearly all the Harry Potter books now, has seen all the films, has a Gryffindor set of china etc and Hermione's robes and a wand – she is very fond of shouting Expelliarmus…
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I do feel I have to enter a caveat here before I start writing on yet another British Library title, two this week alone and more to come.. I am not related to anybody at the British Library nor am I sleeping with anybody. I am merely the recipient of their wonderful generosity in sending…
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I have written a lot about the British Library Classic Crime series (the Christmas one is wonderful and will review soon), but though this seems to be the part of the publishing venture that attracts attention, they also publish a selection of other wonderful books. I spotted the History of Children's Books in Heffers in…
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No surprise to see that I am writing about the British Library Crime Classics series yet again – and no, I am not paid by them – and here are another three which were sent to me at my request after I read one title by Freeman Wills Croft and grovelled for some more. I…
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I am off up to London tomorrow for a few days (tennis at Queens was hoping to see Andy but not to be alas) so thought best I write my post re the Bodies from the Library conference which I attended last week. It is so hot at the moment that lethargy is the only…
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More from the British Library Classic Crime series and more from this author who I discovered last year. Delightfully old fashioned, the inspector catches the bus to appointments, uses the telephone to ask for information and, even more daring, occasionally uses a fax machine (but only in the later novels). I really enjoy them and…