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    Russia Attacks Ukraine…..again

    In this the 200 anniversary of literary giant
    Nikolai Gogol’s birth, Russia is once again trying to bully it’s neighbour into it’s way of thinking. Follow the link to read the full [...]

    Guilty Secrets

    1984 by George Orwell was recently voted the book most people have lied about reading. Also in the list according to Spread the Word: Books to Talk about two thirds of people claimed to have read a book [...]

    Heron Books

    We are offered them every few months and I see them in charity shops, always unread in fine condition. Not valuable but they sell quickly. My wife hates them, faux-leather, yuck. Don’t know anything about the publisher, perhaps someone can [...]

    Ballade Of A Poor Book-Lover

                                I

    Though in its stern vagaries Fate

    A poor book-lover me decreed,

    Perchance mine is a happy state-

    The books I buy I like to read:

    To me dear friends they are indeed,

    But, howe’er enviously I sigh’

    Of others take I little heed-

    The books I read I like [...]