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Cotswolds bookshops
Today was cold, cloudy and, for a while, very foggy. No point taking pictures in the pretty (though not as pretty as they say) village of Broadway, but we had a decent sandwich lunch at Hunters Restaurant & Tea Room and I found 3 reduced paperbacks at the disappointing Blandford Books.
Stow-on-the-Wold has two bookshops. The Borzoi Bookshop sells new books and is excellent – I bought 2 books. Evergreen Livres is the archetypal second-hand bookshop – dusty old books – I found a wacky modern paperback amongst the old stuff.
The Queen’s Head in Stow is old and attractive and made for a quiet, evening drink. The lunch and dinner menus look interesting and we plan to revisit later in the week.
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Cotswolds villages
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The glorious Young Montalbano
A wonderful second story in the new series of The Young Montalbano. The Italian names of the story’s characters can be very confusing, but the context always manages to assist with resolving who is who.There’s so much to be gained from being familiar with the main characters, their quirks, their repetitive behavior. It’s a quality soap with complex and rich crime stories. Funny, charming and brilliant.
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Messing with a blog layout
A new year and a new theme.I almost decided to abandon blogging, but hopefully the new layout will inspire me!
For the record, the new theme is the Bold Life theme and I’ve come across this link to some interesting CSS customisations for the theme.
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December books
What a great month of reading. All of them, I can recommend!Dirty Work – Gabriel Weston
A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
Summer House With Swimming Pool – Herman Koch
The Assault – Harry Mulisch
The Long Tomorrow – Leigh Brackett
What’s Going On? – Mark Steel -
Dirty Work – Gabriel Weston
This is a magnificent short novel about a doctor, a surgeon, wrestling with her conscience. It’s unputdownable – I read it in a single sitting.Not everyone’s cup of tea – it’s harrowing and honest – but it feels accurate and true. Very highly recommended.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
There are nearly 600 pages in this highly readable history of science. The sheer amazingness (is there such a word?) of it all is brilliantly conveyed.Perhaps some illustrations might have been helpful, but otherwise this is a not too difficult and highly recommended read.
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Li’l’ ol’ Chloe
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Summer House With Swimming Pool – Herman Koch
In Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch there aren’t any nice people, but don’t let that put you off!The main character is a doctor who has an unfortunate disregard for the health of his patients. This attitude makes for some very funny, and sometimes informative, reading.
This is a story about family life and some serious contemporary issues. I was enjoying the book so much that I raced through the last 150 pages until well beyond midnight. Recommended.
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