Is it the snow? NO. (Although that was fab and pretty for about six hours, until I realised that it was a bit of a nuisance. And because I don’t have a fancy 4×4, I couldn’t actually get anywhere.) Is it the fact that the days are getting longer? NO. (Although they are, truly. Today … Continue reading
Christmas is nearly here! I’m sure you’ve got stacks of stuff to be doing (like sweeping out chimneys, selecting really crunchy carrots, baking mince pies, hanging stockings etc) and I don’t want to hold you up too long, but given that it’s Christmas Eve, it seems timely to mention a nativity long ago that I … Continue reading
At the time of writing, I am awaiting the arrival of my Birthday Kindle Paperwhite with equal amounts of NERVOUSNESS and EXCITEMENT. (I’ve waited three weeks already – they’re horribly delayed – and I have three weeks to go. And I can officially confirm that checking the estimated delivery date four times a day does … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading Girls ♥ Books since for ever, then you might remember a blog post that I wrote about Cinderella and ugly sisters and orange flares and bad guys. But if you’re a newbie (hello!) or don’t have a photographic memory, then here it is again. What I didn’t say at the time was … Continue reading
One of my favourite books of all time is Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It begins with one story, which stops at a REALLY EXCITING BIT and then another story starts and then stops again at (you’ve guessed it) a REALLY EXCITING BIT. And so on. Until the sixth story starts. And then… Are you … Continue reading
Busman’s holiday? Wassat? It comes from the idea that when a bus driver used to go on holiday, he’d go by bus, thereby doing the very thing on holiday that he did when he was at work. i.e. Not having a break from work at all. So, you might think that when I go on … Continue reading
I’m obsessed with the weather. I watch the weather forecast after the 6 o’clock and the 10 o’clock news. Sometimes, I catch up on what’s happening on the half-hourly forecasts on BBC News 24. I check the BBC forecast and the Met Office forecast once an hour, every hour (except for the hours when I’m … Continue reading
I ♥ books. I ♥ writing so fabulous that I can’t put a book down until it’s finished. I ♥ being whisked away to another place or another time or both. Right now, I’m snooping around a dark, scary Moscow, but I’ve just been to glitzy 1930s’ Vienna and before that I was banged up … Continue reading
So how are we meant to choose what to read next, when there’s so much FABULOUS stuff out there? I have a very pernickety, long-winded method of choosing a book, which isn’t necessarily the right way of doing it. In fact, I don’t think there IS a right way. But this is what I do… … Continue reading
I know it’s three weeks since World Book Day, but I’m still feeling a lovely warm glow (and that’s not just the small oil-filled 500w heater beside me). It was fab. In fact, the whole week was fab. No, better than that. It was FANTABULOUS. On Monday, this book was published. (Shhh. I wrote it.) … Continue reading
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