Belle, Book, and Candle

My Happy Pile This past year I have been disappointed in my reading.  I spent way too much time perusing 'stuff' online leaving...

The colorful dust jacket from The Gift of a Garden .  Don't worry - I didn't splay the book open; this is the jacket only. I ...

"Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk." Sinclair Lewis: Elmer Gantry (1926) Pict...

Goldfish pond You might be wondering if I will ever stop swooning over Beverley Nichols. Well, probably not soon. So far in Down the G...

Beverley Nichols's garden in Allways, Huntingdonshire, England Oh lovely. More Beverley Nichols with Down the Garden Path which  was...

Beverley Nichols in the garden of Merry Hall with its 'peculiar crane' at the edge of the pool Here are ten things I adore ab...

Here is a 'jewel' from Beverley Nichols's Laughter on the Stairs tucked into a chapter on bird song: The first time I fou...

The end papers of Laughter on the Stairs featuring the interior of Merry Hall as drawn by William McLaren  Where Merry Hall is mostly...

I scored some big time British books today. First, I had lunch with a friend (and a big fan of Beverley Nichols) and she brought me her...

I have been merrily tripping along with Beverley Nichols at Merry Hall and now I am ready to move on to the next book about his life wr...

Merry Hall home of Beverley Nichols I had forgotten I was going to re-read Merry Hall by Beverley Nichols for my British Month. I thoug...

Queen Elizabeth II I have hoisted the book London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd back onto its place on the shelf. I am afraid that I w...

As this is Valentine's Day and I got a 14-percent-off-your-total-order offer from Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon, I decided...