My new stash of books Good afternoon fellow saloners; I just got back from my local library with a nice stash of books. It’s been years since I set foot in a library, as kids we used to go every Saturday but then I developed a taste for brand new books and started spending my hard earned cash on them instead. Since I’ve started using book mooch to swap my second hand books I’ve come to realise that it isn’t so bad...

Image by chillhiro via Flickr I’m quite sad to be making this announcement, but I’ve decided to close the doors on the Virtual Book Club that I set up this summer. Unfortunately, I just don’t have the time to spend growing the membership of the site, and though the few members we do have have contributed some great posts I feel bad that no one is reading them! I think I’m going to concentrate on encouraging you...

The Thief Rating 4 stars – an enjoyable adventure with a great twist The Thief is about… A thief called Gen who is enlisted by the King’s magus to steal the ultimate prize; a gift of the gods that promises a royal appointment and immortality. As the novel opens we are introduced to Gen, a thief in chains who was thrown into the King’s jail for stealing the king’s seal and then bragging about it. Gen is visited...

The Sound of Butterflies Rating 5 stars – a wonderful period drama packed full of mystery The Sound of Butterflies is about… A butterfly enthusiastic who joins an expedition to the Amazon in search of a mysterious butterfly and returns home a changed man. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up this novel but within minutes I found myself caught up in a mysterious period drama. The story opens in Richmond in May...

Image by Darwin Bell via Flickr I made time to catch up with other TSS readers this afternoon by reading the RSS feed on my iPhone. And I discovered a wonderful blog called tuesday in silhouette – I’ll be adding it to my regular feed list. The author (I’m sorry I couldn’t find your name anywhere on the site) had a fabulous extended meme which I thought I would complete for this Sunday’s salon. Feel free to...