Just finished The Villa in Italy by Elizabeth Edmondson.Utterly charming.Set after the Second World War,the story revolves around four people named in a will.Totally unknown to each other,from different walks of life,we eventually find the thread that knits them altogether. I really liked this book when I read it ,and told my husband about it.He was very doubtful,as we have totally different tastes in reading,but it hooked him in very quickly,to the point that he had to stay up late to finish it.I have since passed it on to two other people,and had virtually the same reaction.Waiting now for the mass market size to be released,as I have told so many people about it,and we have sold out in trade.I really do recommend this book,if you want a pleasant evening read.Sit back in a comfy chair ,with a glass of Lambrusco ,opera in the background and enjoy.

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Well,

I have done the deed and joined the world of the blogger.
All I have to do now is actually write something intelligible that people will actually want to read.Basically this blog will be about the highlights ,and lowlights ,that we available for sale in the shop.
I will tell what I have been reading,and what I think of it ,or not as the case may be.
For instance,I have just read "A Milllion Little Pieces".Well behind the times,I know,but it came in as a second hand copy,and it hung around long enough for me to take home over the weekend to read.
I had heard all the hooha over it,which did put me off to a certain degree,.But,having read it,I wonder what all the fuss was about.
I was intensely irritated with the Capital letters in strange Places,the lack of punctuation,the feeling I got,that because he admits he is a bad person,we should think "What a Good Guy for admitting his faults."
However,after all that,I still had to keep reading till I finished the story.
I wonder which bits of it are the truth,and I guess we will never really know.And ,I guess,do we really care.He has made his money out of the book,and as a bookseller,so have I,and in these tight times,that is really all that counts.