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Are You Sitting Comfortably? June with Jennifer Trevelyan
You know how Rebecca and I love a good twisting tale and this month’s book really grabbed us with its tension and suspense. If you’re a fan of Jenny Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things (Jenny is of course an AYSC alumni) and books like The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller and Kate Kemp’s The Grapevine which have also featured on our list of recommendations, then you’ll love Are You Sitting Comfortably’s June book pick…
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May’s Are You Sitting Comfortably?
The Eights by Joanna Miller Get your mortar boards and gowns ready – we’re off to Oxford for May’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Our guest author is the brilliant Joanna Miller. Joanna Miller was raised in Cambridge and studied English at Exeter College, Oxford. In fact, she has studied at Oxford three times, studying English at Exeter College, returning to train as a teacher and most recently, graduating with…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably? With Piglet’s Pantry
READ YOURSELF HAPPY this Valentine’s Day We welcomed another series of Are You Sitting Comfortably back this month with Alex Hay and his thrilling Victorian deception novel, The Queen of Fives. High stakes and high society, plenty of skullduggery and so many twists and turns your heart will be racing! 5 moves and 5 days to dupe a duke – the game is on for Quinn Le Blanc, London’s most…
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December’s Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Home Matters by Penny Wincer With twinkling lights on the tree and the fire going, we’re turning our attentions homeward for this month’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Anyone who follows either one of us on Instagram will know that home is most definitely where the heart is. So, the book we have chosen to share with you this month shares all the joy of home – the perfect armchair companion…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably November’s book pick with Green People
The Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly What a way to begin the winter cosying. I am now a fully fledged wintering aficionado (imperative when living in a dark over-hanging thatched cottage surrounded by dark fields and a world of mud for 85 months of the year). Candles, blankets, hot drinks, a ruddy good book and treats. Yes, I appreciate that these specific treats are intended as Christmas gifts, but they…
