Who writes this

Rosamund Hale. I have worked in and around bookshops for most of my adult life and I read considerably more than is sensible. This is where I keep notes.

There is nothing for sale here. No shop, no newsletter, no rack of affiliate links at the bottom of every page. If I mention where to buy something it is because that is genuinely where I would go, and usually the answer is a charity shop.

I am not a critic and this is not reviewing. Most of what I write about is how to read rather than what to think — which order a series goes in, when to give up, what a hardback is actually for.