Join me in wishing Our Vicar’s Wife a very happy birthday today – it’s a big one, though I won’t say which because I’m a GENTLEMAN. Since I last wrote here I’ve had a weekend trip to Brussels – very handily, my friend’s boyfriend is a tour guide, so we were shown around excellently. Yes, I gorged on chocs and waffles, and took a trip of mourning to the EU Parliament.
Hope you’re having a good weekend – here’s a book, a blog post, and a link to take you into it.
1.) The book – “Fifty Forgotten Books [by R.B. Russell] is a very special sort of book about books, by a great bibliophile and for book-lovers of all ages and levels of experience. Not quite literary criticism, not quite an autobiography, it is at once a guided tour through the dusty backrooms of long vanished used bookstores, a love letter to bookshops and bookselling, and a browser’s dream wish list of often overlooked and unloved novels, short story collections, poetry collections and works of nonfiction.” That’s the description from And Other Stories’ website. I preordered it as soon as I saw it included Miss Hargreaves…
2.) The link – is to my brother’s movie podcast, The C to Z of Movies – because I’m a guest in the most recent episode. Among other things, we discuss the portrayal of twins in movies. I’ve linked to the SoundCloud, but you can find it anywhere you download podcasts.
3.) The blog post – I enjoyed Rosemary’s round up of recent reading, even if I didn’t agree with all the results…