Have just updated the book listings. Books scanned into system now numbering approx 650  870 1016 1238 1,563 (more to come!).

If you look at Mesklin’s Page – Dave’s Books, you can browse amongst [...]

For those whose Scottish lags a little behind their [...]

Have started reading Kim Harrison’s ‘White Witch, Black Curse’. This is the 7th(?) in her Rachel Morgan series.

Of course, this brought about a certain amount of derision, especially when I referred to it a Chick-lit (and a Fantasy novel to boot!). Well, I’ve read all the previous books in the series.

As a purveyor of what could [...]

Must admit that, until now, I’ve not been an appreciative reader of poetry. Recently a friend lent me Alastair Reid’s ‘Weathering’. It wasn’t long before I had gone out and bought my own copy.

Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn but has travelled widely and lived at different times in the States, France, Spain, Greece and Latin [...]

Recommended reading.

Bill Bryson, ‘Made in America’

As a guide to how the (American) English language evolved, it is first rate. Lots of myths de-bunked in the process. And the word ‘poppycock’ will never seem quite the same! 

Still reading through it, but good enough to mention when only [...]

Have you ever wondered how things happened during the Cold War? Who were the Movers, the Shakers and the Duffers!

This is the story of the Lockheed Corporation’s secret factory in Burbank, California. Incredible deeds, fantastic creations, and impossible odds. All true.

And why, at great expense, the fastest, highest flying aircraft in the world, was re-named. Because [...]

In view of the ‘migrant children’ being in the forefront of theis week’s news, I recommend the following title as a ‘must read’.

Empty Cradles Margaret Humphreys.
Corgi Books ISBN 0 552 14164X £9.99

Margaret Humphreys travelled thousands of miles and spent long hours searching through births, marriages and deaths. Her purpose? To help child migrants make contact with [...]