We participated in the first ever National Reading Group Day by holding an afternoon tea party with two lovely authors to keep us entertained. I can't do better summing up the event than Emma Craigie, one of the authors, in her blog at http://emmacraigie.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/a-short-tour-of-north-yorkshire/

If you haven't read Emma's book Chocolate Cake with Hitler, you really should, and if you are looking for a good holiday read, Julia Stagg's L'Auberge is a lovely portrait of life in Southern France. Both are available from all good bookshops, and modesty prevents us from naming one in particular ....