Welcome to our corner of the web! We like to think it smells of book dust, chocolate, chai tea and perfume. We hope you leave your visits here with that smell lingering on your clothes, the sound of words and dreams of books to be read in your head!

The purpose of this blog is to answer, as best as we two can, that age-old question: read any good books lately? We certainly have, and we plan to continue doing so long into the future! We would like to share our recommendations with you, and to get your recommendations in return. The book community has always been one of sharing, with good books changing hands, getting worn and torn and loved and discussed. This blog is our way of contributing to the discussion.

Introductions are in order, first. Rasha is the definition of fabulous: she has a wicked sense of style and impeccable taste. She has a quick sense of humour, an infectious laugh and a love of life that lights up a room. She is drawn to mystery, romance, and the great classics, especially Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. She loves Agatha Christie, Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, Francine Pascal, Tom Clancy, and a host of others.

I (Erin) love poetry, literature, medieval texts, history, fantasy, and absolutely anything else that strikes my interest. My favourites are Thomas Hardy, Neil Gaiman, John Donne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Pablo Neruda, Béa Gonzalez, Douglas Adams, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, C. S. Lewis, the ever-fantastic Tolkien, Jorge Luis Borges, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and so very many more! The list could go on and on (and on), but I'll restrain myself for now. :)

Together Rasha and I cover quite the wide range, so you'll get different recommendations from both of us. Hopefully we can get some discussion going back and forth: we'd love to hear what you love and recommend, and we'd love to hear what you think about the books we're reading!

All the best, and happy reading!

Erin