Lark Writes...on books and life

  I've read some really good classics this year, but I think The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is my favorite. It's such a fun...

  Who is Cyrano de Bergerac: My nose is enormous...I carry it with pride, because a big nose is a sign of affability, kindness, courtesy, wi...

"If there are few moments in life that come as clear and as pure as ice, when the mountain breathed back at her, Zoe knew she had trap...

I had almost reached the back of the room and was casting my eye over a display of cheap trinkets and ugly paintings on the walls when I...

"It's hard to be a girl sometimes, stuck at school when there is such a great cause to fight for. We do first aid training here ev...

bookish serendipity - n. the happy accident of discovering  an unsought-for but unexpectedly perfect book. This summer I've been ...