Patricia Leslie

I always have more than one book on the go. Last month, I wrote about my Chocolatey book-binge. Since finishing the Chocolat series, I’ve another handful of books. I've included Amazon affiliate links to each of the books below. This means, that if you click on those links and then purchase the product, a few coins drop into my account. Shatterday by Harlan Ellis Come Let us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross It started with Paris by Cathy Kelly Antiques and Alibis by Wendy H Jones Ri

What do chocolate, lollipops, and strawberries have in common? We came on the wind of a carnival. Chocolat (the movie) is a favourite in our household. We’ve watched it many times, entranced by the hint of magic, romance, conflict, and of course, chocolate. Armand’s birthday feast is one of my favourite scenes. Recently, The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris popped up on one of my newsfeeds. It sounded interesting so I bought it. I knew it was by the author of Chocolat, but I

Welcome to my strand of the World Wide Web. Subscribe to receive articles and tips every week in your inbox This week's article: What I've been reading My "to read" pile never goes down. As soon as I've ticked one more book off the list, I add several more. It's quite possible that I'm a #bookaddict (and also a #hashtag addict, but that's another article). In the last few weeks, I've finished reading An Unlikely Occultist by Isobel Blackthorn (read my review) and War and Resi