Category Archives: Nonfiction

A few book recommendations and …

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Lizzie Ross

I’ll start with some brief book recommendations, and end with a woeful tale that ends happily. Despite the disruption of home repairs, I’ve managed to finish several books since the end of April, and May is only half-done. A suggestion … Continue reading →

Posted in #LoveHain, Adventure, Am reading, Fiction, Historical fiction, Libraries, Nonfiction, Science fiction | Tagged Alberto Manguel, Ann Scott-Moncrieff, Paul Scott, Ursula K Le Guin | 5 Comments

Orwell in view

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Remind me never to buy roses from any vendor other than the farmer who grew them. In Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit’s 2021 biography and appreciation of George Orwell, she devotes a chapter of the book to her visit to a … Continue reading →

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Because life is better served with a good book and a cup of tea. Book reviews and general bookish writings. I love many genres, so all manner of books may appear on my blog.

Necromancy Never Pays

and other truths we learn from literature

Literary Potpourri

A blog on books and other things literary

Socio-political philosophical musings

Ephemeral New York

Chronicling an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts

writer * editor * publisher * teacher

The Babbington Press

The Babbington Press and all its publications are pieces of one fiction: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy.

More little things in life

Relevant Obscurity

Classic Literature and Other Bookish Adventures

Ailish Sinclair

Stories and photos from Scotland

the [blank] garden

blank pages & scarlet letters

Consumed by Ink

A word after a word after a word is power. --Margaret Atwood

A writer and her reading.

Lost Imperfect Found

Self-discovery through self-reflection.

A Corner of Cornwall

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver

Entering the Enchanted Castle

A quest for the magic in life, language, and literature

Jean Lee's World

Author of Young Adult Fantasy

Reading for and With Children

Re-enchantment Of The World

I read that in a book

She Reads Novels

"She had read novels while other people perused the Sunday papers" - Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Reviews, news, features and all things books for passionate readers

The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature

An annual lecture on fantasy literature held at Pembroke College, Oxford

Essays on the Arthurian legends

The Cat's Write

Milly Schmidt

Writing Reading Life

Creative living.

Self-Centric Design

The art of designing your life

Love Travelling Blog

Travel diaries providing inspiration for planning the perfect trip

Nooks & Crannies - ’cus they’re perfect for a book lover

GirlsHeartBooks

Harriet Hyman Alonso's Books

(and other things)

Kristin L Aragon - Author

The Ramblings of a Mad Woman

Julia Lee Author

A blog about reading and writing children's books

Colonialist's Blog

The general journal of a normal nutter playing with words (in awful rhyme a lot of the time), music and pictures, and having the occasional rant.

Readers Are Leaders 2014

ELA Teachers Reading YA Lit

The View From Sari's World

Where History & Literature Meet

Literature, books , sport and whatever intrigues me

Writer

The Unjournal of Children's Literature

Suffolk Scribblings

All is not quiet in the countryside

The Occasional Bookwitch

and finding...

A love of photography, cycling and exploring places on two wheels.

Scholar of Old English, Tolkien and Early Medieval England

Nicole's Nine Cents

because two just aren't enough

The Earthian Hivemind

Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life

Jane Austen in Vermont

Random Musings of a Janeite

Reading, writing, dreaming