Clever Celia Smith! Spotted at Art in Action last week.

Just shows you don't need title or author on the cover to get people's attention. Filthy English by Peter Silverton

Thwarted by computer skills

This book advert for Kate Morton's The Distant Hours is mindblowing amazing, but I lack the Blogger skills to add it to my blog, so I am not less amazing. Watch video here!

The 18 Best Batman Panels Ever

This list of favourite Batman panels kept me chuckling and happy as a baby today (the pic above not included - not a panel, dummy)

Pugs Not Drugs

I am the proud owner of a new book bag! Purchased here

Winter hankerings

I cannot tell why I wish for this warm woolly blanket so much though it is the height of summer. Perhaps it's the rainbow of little bobbles? The crocheted edging? The tiny bird sitting nearby? Or perhaps it's cos I'm woefully poorly today and want to curl up in comfy place.

JACKET OF THE DAY

Well of course the Penguin Great Ideas series have some of the most inspired covers of all time, but I think this one, for Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Production, is just so very pleasing. See more of their wonderousnesses here

missed connections made my day

Discovered a wonderous thing in the shape of the Missed Connections blog and the talent/genius idea of Sophie Blackall. After checking my bank balance a couple of times I bought a print of the Bear couple. Can't wait till it arrives.

JACKET OF THE DAY

I can't format this properly so it will let me show
all six gorgeous Vintage Classic Prousts, so this volume will have to do. Stunningly photographed flowers might persuade some to buy the full set, and perhaps even read past volume one