Bex Blogs

Well hello 2012! This is a throwback to the very old days of book blogging and to be quite honest, I absolutely love it. I just want to talk about books on the internet, you guys.  This week I've been taking part in the Bout of Books readathon and sharing reading updates and some of my best book recs with people over on Instagram, but I thought it would be nice to do a little wrap up here, old school style.  Books finished: 2 ( The Picts and the Martyrs by Arthur Ransome and Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins) Books started: Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day, Storyland by Amy Jeffs, 52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Abbs, Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins Books continued (started before the start of the readathon and not finished by the end): The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden, The Board Game Family by Ellie Dix, One Year's Time by Angela Milne Last week was a big, emotional week for me, with closing a business and doing all of the logistics involved in that, an

Many years ago when I first started book blogging, I joined The Classics Club in order to try to read more classics. Lately I've been thinking about rejoining, but I actually don't have many classics left that I'm really keen to read, so I decided that a better use of my time would be to try to read all of the books published by Persephone! If you're not familiar, Persephone Books are an independent publisher based in Bath who publish mostly forgotten women writers mostly from the inter war period, with some exceptions. They publish books of all genres, and I've never read a Persephone I didn't love. I'll share the list of their books here, with updates on which I've read and which I own, and I'd love anyone who wants to to join in as well. * = books I own, bold is books that I've read. List of Persephone Books 1: William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton * 2: Mariana by Monica Dickens 3: Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple 4: Fidelity by