Book Reviews

‘The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.’ Alan Bennett

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” ― Franz Kafka

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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

A trip to the Highlands and some good reads!

I've not shared a new blog post for a few days, as we've been away in the Highlands of Scotland. I'm gradually catching up with things, including the blog, and hoping to get around  to reading and commenting on blog posts soon. 

Here are a few photos from the trip. The scenery is quite breathtaking, the mountains seem to stretch on as far as the eye can see in places, the colours of the lochs and the nature all around are just incredibly beautiful. 

Glen Affric

Some fabulous rainbows...

Rainbow on Skye

...and a four-legged friend always part of the action!




We visited a couple of lovely independent bookshops, new and secondhand, and I belatedly got a Books Are My Bag shopping bag, at the Nairn Bookshop. 

Nairn
Kingussie

The natives were friendly...



and we even saw some of these, just spectacular...





I've been reading too, some great stories:


Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus

The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald

Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard 
(reading this one at the moment, keeping my thoughts about Scotland alive!)


Lots of reviews to catch up on. Back soon!