Tag: Isabella of France

  • Re-reading is challenging…

    Re-reading is challenging…

    Well it’s a few weeks since I embarked on a self-imposed challenge not to buy any new books, but instead to read or re-read titles languishing on my shelves (or piled up by the bed, in the bathroom, on my desk – oh you know the score). So how am I doing? Umm. First the…

  • Reading Challenge Preparation…

    Reading Challenge Preparation…

    I still haven’t decided whether I have enough will-power to go without buying books for a year (or indeed a few months)- see here But just in case, I thought I’d start picking out titles from the shelves – not too many though, a few at a time might be best. I came up with…