Category Archives: books

Classic Comfort Reads… with Polly Heron

Posted on October 24, 2021 by lindahuber

The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Budgie in the Garden…

Posted on October 3, 2021 by lindahuber

When I was a small child, my parents were enthusiastic potato-growers. At least my father was, I’m not sure Mum was quite as passionate about it but she did her bit bravely. We lived in a cottage flat with a … Continue reading →

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Classic Comfort Reads… with A.J. Griffiths-Jones

Posted on September 26, 2021 by lindahuber

The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading →

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Location: Bristol. With Maggie James.

Posted on September 12, 2021 by lindahuber

It’s a while since we’ve had a location guest post here, so I was really pleased when crime writer Maggie James agreed to do one for the publication of her new book, She’ll Never Tell. I’ve read the book (a … Continue reading →

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Classic Comfort Reads… with Cass Grafton

Posted on August 29, 2021 by lindahuber

The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading →

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Classic Comfort Reads… with Alison Morgan

Posted on July 25, 2021 by lindahuber

The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading →

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The ‘Z’ Books… #A-Z books

Posted on July 11, 2021 by lindahuber

And here it is – the last post in my 26-part blog series, started on April 7th 2019 and continued – roughly – every month ever since. It’s an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting … Continue reading →

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Summer on the building site…

Posted on July 4, 2021 by lindahuber

It’s the fourth of July – Happy Independence Day, if you’re celebrating today. Happy summer too, and here’s hoping we get one. Here in Switzerland, we’ve had bursts of heat followed by violent storms followed by days of drizzle… and … Continue reading →

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Classic Comfort Reads… with Sharon Booth

Posted on June 27, 2021 by lindahuber

The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading →

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The ‘Y’ Books… #A-Z books

Posted on June 13, 2021 by lindahuber

This series is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However, I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading →

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