Tag: Kate Atkinson

When you’re yearning to travel but are stuck at home what do you do? Read, of course.

Have you noticed that here are a ton of books about wives out there these days? And some of them are really good.

I can’t imagine a camping trip, or any travel, without taking along a big bag of books.

I’m reading lots of great books this gloomy November. Curling up with a good book and a cup of tea is just the ticket to get through November.

It’s been a long hot summer here on the Rideau. Hot, humid, and with very little rain. Lots and lots of sun, and not many days like this. To be fair this shot was taken last spring when it’s supposed …

One of the great things about retirement is having time to read. And time to explore those “rabbit holes” that crop up when you’re reading a great book. Like when a book mentions a specific place or historical character and, instead of …

P.D. James died last week, “peacefully at home in Oxford,” at age ninety four. But I’m sure you know this already. She was one of a kind. A seemingly gentle, charming and erudite woman who loved to talk and wonder and …

I know, I know… I wrote a post on “murder” only a few weeks ago. It must be all this shopping for jeans… frustration, failure, more frustration. I can’t sit still to read a literary novel and so fall back …