An interview with Caroline from Sparkles and Crumbs The gorgeous, glamour loving Caroline runs the blog Sparkles and Crumbs, which is all about finding joie de vivre in the face of the everyday. She’s also a huge book lover and features a weekly column on her blog called Thursday Verse Day where she shares enchanting poetry. You can visit her blog or follow her on Twitter… Read More
Most of us know that books are amazing. Unfortunately, there are some people out there who aren’t as keen. For those people, books remind them too much of school and homework. They don’t understand the concept of reading for pleasure. They just don’t like to read. It can be hard for us book lovers to understand when others don’t share… Read More
I’d heard about the Mumsnet penis beaker debate somewhere online earlier this week, but it was BuzzFeed’s recap of the discussion that had me crying with laughter. Hilarious. The Bridget Jones Diary was just released. Unfortunately the publisher managed to print a number of copies that contained 40 pages of David Jason’s autobiography. Oops. The response to the new Bridget… Read More
We’re all guilty of it. We have things we want to do, dreams we want to pursue, places we want to visit, a life we want to live. But we put it off. We know we’ll get there eventually; one day on the sofa bingeing on Netflix isn’t going to do any harm. We talk and talk about the book… Read More
An interview with writer Tom Lombardo Tom is the author of the action thriller, American Underground. You can visit his website to find out more about the book. You self-published your book, American Underground, earlier this year. What was your biggest challenge when you decided to take this route to becoming a published author? American Underground is my seventh novel, although… Read More
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Review: The Fire Witness, by Lars Kepler After two people are brutally murdered in the middle of the night at a facility for disturbed girls, National Police detective Joona Linna is called in to observe the local police, despite being under investigation for his actions in a previous case. He soon discovers that one of the girls, Vicky Bennet, is… Read More
This week I seem to have been unusually busy with emails and blog admin, so it’s a shorter than usual list of links. Hope you enjoy! This is just a reminder to do what your love. 11 common places that always inspire creativity. This travel blogger spent several weeks hitchhiking across America. His adventures and encounters with other people on… Read More