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 ...

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 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...