These are replacing books that I had given away with the words “you have to read this” - but now find I really want again!

Mary McCarthy I had years ago as an orange Penguin & didn’t realise it had been reissued or that Colm Tóibín had written a fantastic intro!

This is a family book - they can argue who gets it after I die (there are already claims to some of my shelves!).

Like the Puddenhead Wilson quote about a comfortable home & a cat, I couldn’t claim to have decent shelves without this beautiful addition!!

Not a writer - but this is the second year of me reading The Irish Writer’s Handbook - the essays are superb & the editing & balance wonderful - it opens my eyes to other parts of the world of books ❤️

Time to put my Christmas books away & thanks to David & his team I have some beautiful gems!!

The Folio clothbound collection of The Brontës is especially gorgeous - I hate to replace books I have, it feels like cheating, but strangely I didn’t have any of them so I am all good!

Aw thank you! Its available from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social if you want the paperback:
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(Pls ignore the 1-star review there - it’s by my mother’s 80yo neighbour who thought 1 star was the highest rating! 😳)

You can also get it on Kindle.

Oh that is exciting!!

Great excuse to come!

No worries! We will be back up and almost normal next week!

I think today was probably the last chance … unless it is a very small number!

No - I don’t have my glasses on & I knew someone called Rose Maddox so my unconscious jumped in!!