I am Lizzie, and I am addicted to reading books, it is my whole life! I always have several books on the go, as well as thoughts about previous books going round in my head. So a place to record my thoughts about books seemed a good idea. I hope you will enjoy reading my thoughts, and I hope you will share your own thoughts too as I'd love to hear from fellow book addicts.
I've been keen to read a Raffles book for a while, since I learnt that Lord Peter Wimsey (my idol!) read Raffles. I love the description of Raffles on the back of the book as 'daring, debonair, devilishly handsome, and a first-class cricketer', all seeming to be very gentlemanly admirable qualities (and all of which can also be applied to Wimsey, I feel). I also love the notes on the text from this Penguin Classic edition, as the extra information about the time and the locations are really interesting and bring it all alive for me. Read the full review
