I can’t believe it is the end of November already! It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was rounding up the books I had read in October. This month has been a fun one full of seeing friends and visiting places (including trips to London, Salford and York!) but it has also been aContinue reading “All the books I read in the dark and chilly month of November”
Tag Archives: Short Stories
Chilling short story collections to make you jump
Halloween may seem a distant memory but November, with it’s darkening nights and chilling temperatures, is the perfect time to curl up with a ghost story. Today’s ‘Books by the Fireplace’ is about two unsettling short story collections to make the toes curl and the skin crawl. Dead Relatives, by Lucie McKnight Hardy Gruesome andContinue reading “Chilling short story collections to make you jump”
Anything is Possible(?) The Book Review
This is a collection of short stories by Elizabeth Strout that follow on from her novel My Name is Lucy Barton. This time we are in the small town of Amgash, Illinois, which Lucy left behind when she moved to New York and went on to be a successful writer. We meet some of Lucy’sContinue reading “Anything is Possible(?) The Book Review”
Next up on my TBR…
Because I am always curious to see what people have got on their ‘to be read’ next pile, these are the five books I’ve currently got on my bedside ready to be picked up. The quotes are all the first few lines of the book, to give you a little teaser. Magpie, by Elizabeth DayContinue reading “Next up on my TBR…”
Luggage & Scribble 