It’s been very quiet around here lately as the Book God and I have been away on our annual holiday for the past three weeks, touring around the Scottish Borders and the north of England, seeing beautiful places such as

20071012-floors-castle-04.jpg  Floors Castle

20071015-hermitage-castle-01.jpg  Hermitage Castle

 20071011-alnwick-gardens-05.jpg  Alnwick Gardens

and one of my absolutely favourite places

20071021-whitby-abbey-02.jpg Whitby.

Not many books got read, but quite a few were bought, and I’ll say more about some of those over the next few posts.