Bii's Books

I’ve kept journals on and off during most of my life. Usually journals have appeared at times when I’m stressed or unhappy, and I’ve used t...

Facing a week off work, the first thing I invariably do is give some considerable consideration to the books I will read whilst I am off. I ...

Louise Erdrich is a writer of Native American descent, specifically Chippewa being a branch of the Anishinaabe tribe, and her novel The Rou...

You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged much recently about my ever-present battle with my compulsion to buy and hoard books. You mig...

‘I am haunted by waters.’ Olivia Laing begins in her travelogue-come-historical musing To The River. ‘It may be that I’m too dry in myself,...

I’ve noticed recently that I’ve developed a fascination with factual books, books about silence and looking, books about nature or travel, ...

This is another one of those books which is so pleasant that it’s almost too easy to ignore the silent tragedy hidden in its words. Claire o...