When I set to read a book that I plan to review, I come at it a little differently than just reading for fun. I make notes, mental and written, about style or themes that I want to mention in the review. And I dogear pages that have a passage I want to quote. Sometimes…
Finding a Quiet Corner in London
After some very refreshing tea at the Orangery, we took a stroll through Hyde Park and went to Harrod’s (see my previous post). We then headed off to see Wellington’s Arch. We intended to climb it but for some reason it was closed. Underground station tile So we went over to the Tate Britain…
BOOK PHOTO: THE LANTERN by Deborah Lawrenson
From The Lantern: “At a stone hut, which must once have been a shepherd’s borie, I was directed to a field about a kilometer away. I arrived to find a field of hunched backs, the blue rows reverting to dusty green behind the women curled over like commas, cloth bags slung across their bodies.” ……