Staircase Wit

Ally Bright is a recent widow living with her dog in the picturesquely named Shell House on the Cornish coast. Like any of us, she is start...

It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best . We all start at the same place as other readers, add six book...

It’s Witch Week , hosted by Chris of Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross to honor Diana Wynne Jones’ Witch Week , and this year they are celebrating...

Title : China Court Author : Rumer Godden Publication : Manderley Press , hardcover, 2023 (originally 1979) Genre : Historical Fiction Setti...

WWW Wednesday is sponsored by Taking on a World of Words .   The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish...

Title : The Loving Spirit Author : Daphne du Maurier Publication : Sourcebooks, paperback, originally published in 1931 Genre : Historical F...

Title : Greenwitch: The Dark is Rising #3 Author : Susan Cooper Publication : Simon & Schuster, paperback, originally published 1974 Gen...

Title : The Shell Seekers Author : Rosamunde Pilcher (1924-2019) Narrator : Hayley Atwell Publication : Audio, originally published in 1987 ...

One sign of a successful trip is when you keep eagerly saying or thinking, “When I return . . . ” Overlooking Peel Cove, near Menabilly Cath...

Having read many books set in Cornwall, I was eager to see it for myself and asked my friend Cath of Read-warbler , who grew up there, if sh...

Title : Murder in Three Acts (US title), aka Three Act Tragedy (UK title) Author : Agatha Christie Publication : Dodd, Mead & Co., hardc...

Title : Love Always Author : Harriet Evans Publication : Harper UK, paperback, 2011 Genre : Fiction Setting : Cornwall and London Descriptio...

It’s June and time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best . We all start at the same place, add six books, and s...

Title : The House on the Strand Author : Daphne du Maurier Publication : 1969      Genre : Fiction      Setting : Cornwall Occasion : Heaven...

Time for another round of Bookshelf Traveling in Insane Times which was created by Judith at Reader in the Wilderness and is currently hos...

Time for another round of Bookshelf Traveling in Insane Times which is being hosted by Judith at Reader in the Wilderness .   The idea is...

Title : Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer Author :  Daphne du Maurier Publication :  Arrow Books, paperback, 1993 (originally pub...

I began watching the Poldark miniseries on Masterpiece Theatre with my mother, who had read the books, then I quickly got the first in the...