Books and Chocolate

The original hardcover image from 1971. Sadly my copy was missing the dustjacket. “I was ten years old when I first saw Penmarric and twenty...

I love a long, epic story, and if it's historical fiction and involves travel, better still. I was so looking forward to  Green Dolphin ...

Another Classics Spin success! I always look forward to the Spins, they motivate me to read the books that I keep putting off. I bought thi...

I first heard about The Eighth Life a few months ago, but I knew immediately that I wanted to read it. More than nine hundred pages about a ...

I can't believe I'm on the 11th novel in this series, and I never blogged about it. I used to read a lot of historical no...

I finally tackled one of the books I've had on my owned-and-unread pile the longest -- Lark Rise to Candleford . I bought this more...

I've been a big fan of Daphne du Maurier since I was thirteen and my mother let me stay up late with her to watch an ad...

The lovely 75th Anniversary edition. Possibly the ultimate in Big Fat American Novels, I first read Gone With the Wind  as a youngste...

Two years ago I read the first volume of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy ( The Wreath ) for the Back to the Classics Challenge , and I ...

A few years ago I was spending a weekend in Austin, Texas, just about a 90 minute drive from our home in San Antonio. It was a rainy Frid...