Andy’s Places and Books
Places and BooksMy blog is all about books I have read, reviews, the bookshops I love, book recs, literary festivals and book chat. Oh and travel!
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Ten ideas for your next (quick) read
Whether it is because of a shorter attention span, or because I’m looking for light summer reads, or a palate cleanser between hefty tomes, I’m increasingly enjoying short books and novellas at the moment.
So I’ve put together a list of 20...
Andy’s Sunday Lit Quiz - 2026/25 (A)
It’s Sunday Lit Quiz time.
Twenty questions, one point per correct answer. This week’s theme is the letter A. Always mark yourself generously. Answers at the bottom.
Let’s go…
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A. Books
- Tolstoy’s eponymous heroine. The...
To read on, or to DNF?
Life is too short to be wasted reading books which are doing nothing for us, but while I generally advise (when asked) fellow readers to drop books they are not enjoying, I rarely follow my own advice. I can’t remember the last time I did n...
Andy’s Sunday Lit Quiz - 2026/24 (one word titles)
It’s Sunday Lit Quiz time!
This week it’s all about books with one word titles. (No names of people though).
Twenty questions. One point for each correct answer. Spelling optional. Always mark yourself generously. I think it’s pretty toug...
In me, the tiger sniffs the rose…
Passing through the Somerset countryside outside Frome, I found myself in the beautiful village of Nunney, with its ruined castle and rose-clad cottages. In the ancient graveyard of All Saints church I felt the tremor of history.
A did a q...
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