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A is for Angelica
It may be logical to assume that the more books a person reads, the less daunting it is to launch yourself into the unknown from time to time. Since you read so much anyway what’s the harm if you...
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Bring Up the Bodies
Anne Boleyn Do you ever love a book or admire an author’s writing so much that they become almost impossible to write a review about? Well, I do and to hammer home this difficulty, Hilary Mantel’s...
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The Good Life
Wellie-glamour All is well at countryside headquarters I’m delighted to report and, apart from feeling like we’re on one massively long holiday and that at some point someone is going to tell us we...
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The Drought
Although admittedly not an entirely appropriate review to write today of all days, looking out on a blurry, wet world after a weekend of scorching heat, I thought it was high time I popped my thoughts...
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Bring Up the Bodies: Part two
I often get into debates with bookish folk about the merits/demerits of the audiobook. Although I don’t partake myself since I’m never in a situation where it would be particularly practical to listen...
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How to make a Scarecrow
Before I get on to today’s post I’d like to send a quick wave and thankyou to Kate Feld (aka ‘The Manchizzle‘) for her excellent blogging tutorial at the Castlefield Gallery last Tuesday. Not only had...
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Under the Skin
When I discovered The Crimson Petal and the White back in 2011 (partly due to Mark Munden’s sumptuous BBC miniseries) I was captivated by Michel Faber’s ability to write such a convincing female...
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Good Day Sunshine
For those of you in sunny England at the moment I do hope you’ve all had a spanking weekend basking in your gardens/outside the pub. I for one feel like I’ve made at least SOME headway with my...
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The Teleportation Accident
Do you ever read a book that makes you feel stupid? And, because of how stupid that book makes you feel (and I don’t like to feel that way), some cataclysmic barrier is laid down between you and the...
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Paris in July 2013
Whatever the weather, summer is well and truly here peeps because so is…..wait for it…..Paris in July! Reliable as always, the lovely Tamara at Thyme for Tea and Karen at Bookbath (who has created...
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Treasure Island
Every so often I get a mixture of niggling guilt and excitement when I spy an undiscovered classic on my shelf that I haven’t picked up yet. Although this is really shallow (I am bearing my soul...
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Pigeon English
As soon as Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English was pulled out of the bag at the Manchester Book Club’s May meeting, I leapt upon it protectively, inwardly praying that we could vote for this book, which I...
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Ohé les papivores!
(To open my stretch for Paris in July this year I thought I’d take a moment to enthuse about the French in general and what their lofty ideals and protectionist policies for the book industry mean to...
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Les Enfants Terribles
Well golly gosh, mon dieu. It really has just occurred to me what a very serious mood I must have been in on Saturday to write such an incredibly severe post!! You will all be glad to know I have...
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The House I Loved
The premise of Tatiana de Rosnay’s recent novel; The House I Loved, could not fit the criteria for Paris in July more perfectly if it tried: Paris, 1869. Houses are being razed, whole neighbourhoods...
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Some Gallic Bookspiration
Perplexingly it has taken me until July 2013 to discover online ‘book magazine’ Bookkaholic; a virtual treasure trove of reviews, giveaways and enticing essays that have given me no end of pleasure,...
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La Vie en Rose
Hauling through the many French films that are languishing in my DVD box (still shamefully wrapped up in the cellophane they were bought in) and in dire need of some filmic action for my Paris in...
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Tropic of Cancer
Feeling the prickly French pressure of a well-balanced, wholesome Paris in July, some kinky classics beckoned out to me from the depths of our bookshelves, books that, I’m ashamed to say, the boyfriend...
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Paris in July…En Bref…
Phew! It’s been a busy few weeks here at Relish towers and I have the same pleasantly warm and fuzzy yet slightly melancholy feeling, as it is time again to say farewell to Tamara and Karen‘s...
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Relish is in….
Scotland! And I’m taking my books with me! See you all in a week or so xx Outer Hebrides by Nick Warner via Flickr Filed under: Uncategorized
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