READING: Almost beach reads

Some of these books were read within sniffing distance of a beach, at any rate.

( Sally at School: Ethel Talbot / Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy: Ally Carter / Going Gangster: M.E. Atkinson )

Yesterday, I finished the wonderful Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, which merits a fuller review, although I don't feel I can write anything that's remotely adequate.

PERSONAL: Browsing for books

Last week, I visited – I was going to type ‘bookshops’, but one of them was a charitably run book recycling project. ( Read more... )