About me

Hello! Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the Internet, it’s warm and cosy here so pull up a chair and stay a while.

I’ve put together this site as part of a reading challenge I am doing this year – to read 50 books, any books, any genre, but at least 50. I wanted to encourage myself to read more, and to think about the novels and the storylines and what the author set out to do when he or she picked up a pen and started writing – so this site is the place where I put fingers to keyboard and write down my thoughts on each book – and hopefully encourage others to read them too.

Originally my site was called 50 Book Challenge – a little unimaginative right? I decided I needed something a little more interesting – and I settled on Blue Archipelago. Archipelago is such a beautiful word isn’t it? I first heard it on a Counting Crows track and it summons up an aura of peace and tranquility; a little private desert island where you can forget about your troubles. To me that’s what books are all about; escapism – the chance for your imagination to take you somewhere else.

While you’re here why not share your thoughts on a book I’ve read using the comments at the bottom of the review or recommend a book you think I should read via the contact box below.

Thanks for stopping by,

Clare Swindlehurst