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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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...
Andy’s Sunday Lit Quiz - 2026/23 (Banned Books)
It’s Sunday Lit Quiz time!
This week it’s all about banned books. Don’t ask me why each of them were banned and where they were banned, you can look that up for yourself! This is simply a quiz.
Twenty questions. One point for each correct...
May 2026’s Best Reads
May was a slow (for me) reading month; only fourteen books finished. These included:
📚4 books that were specifically recommended to me (Voynich, Le Guin, Sansom and Jenkins)
📚1 books by a Nobel Prize for Literature winner (Golding)
📚3...
Andy’s Sunday Lit Quiz - 2026/22 (Birds)
It’s Sunday Lit Quiz time!
This week it’s all about birds…
Twenty questions. One point for each correct answer. Spelling optional. Always mark yourself generously. Answers at the bottom.
Let’s go.
A. Name the writer
- Vo...
A London literary lunchtime walk
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to work in the heart of Bloomsbury – Virginia Woolf territory – in London, so spent virtually every weekday there. Within a couple of minutes walk were a Woolf statue, blue plaques for Vera Brittain and W...
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