My Lockdown Books: Seventeen
This was trailed by the publisher for a long time owing to the success of Cecelia Ahern's adult fiction. I've dipped in and out of…
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My Lockdown Books: Fifteen
Och, you must have known it was coming. I don't really know how I've managed to hold out for so long. Of course there would…
My Lockdown Books: Fourteen
How dated is this cover?! I never even thought about it when I first read See You Thursday by Jean Ure because I was a…
My Lockdown Books: Twelve
The time has come, as you surely knew it would, for me to share this one from my collection. There's nothing random about Nancy Calls…
My Lockdown Books: Eleven
I tell anyone who's unwary enough to stop and listen that this book is about me. At least, I qualify, its heroine and I are…
My Lockdown Books: Ten
I adore the Ottoline books, both as items and for the content. This one is my favourite, though, because it has Norway and the sea…
My Lockdown Books: Nine
Now this one really is random. Either Mum or I picked it up in a charity shop somewhere many years ago. There's nothing special or…
My Lockdown Books: Eight
Paul Dowswell is one of the best writers I know of historical novels for young people. There's lots to like about his books but, for…
My Lockdown Books: Seven
The first books I seriously set about collecting were the Chalet School books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. I acquired the first one (actually the seventeenth…
My Lockdown Books: Six
I was invited along to the launch of The Keepers' Daughter by Gill Arbuthnott's agents and felt honour-bound to buy a copy of the book.…
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