silencing the bell

  I read ' Care of Wooden Floors ' back in 2013 (go back and read that, I used to write proper reviews😐), and it was one of my best...

I seem to have neglected the blog even longer than I thought I had. Claire's library lends out puzzles, so we had a nice couple of eveni...

  Having worked the entire of July without a break I finally got the day off on Friday ... and spent it cleaning the house. I got up early, ...

  This year marks the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In excess of 200,000 people were kille...

So 'The Coin' by Yasmin Zaher is due back at the library, and I am really struggling to get anything done so this is a whizz throug...

I intermittently contemplate giving up the blog. I struggle to express myself because I can't think of a reason why anyone would listen ...

Too much ISIS recently. 'Fundamentally' by Nussaibah Younis  was a different take on the 'Isis bride' issue: the main charac...