Tea!! Cake!! And hear Molly Green on her new book “Wartime Secrets at the Mayfair Club” Ringmer Village Hall Saturday 25th July, 2.30pm £5, including tea and homemade cake

Learn about “Wartime Secrets at the Mayfair Club” by Molly Green, and lots of other things besides Ringmer Village Hall Saturday 25th July, 2.30pm £5, including tea and homemade cake. Grab your tickets now from the library or email [email protected]

An afternoon with author Molly Green and her new book “Wartime Secrets at the Mayfair Club” Ringmer Village Hall Saturday 25th July, 2.30pm £5, including tea and homemade cake Grab your tickets now.

We love this man: Umberto Eco: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticise those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read.”

We agree. Of course we do.

In the USA it’s independence day. Far more important, our book and jigsaw sale opens at 10 in the village hall.

Big day tomorrow. Don’t forget. Set the alarm clock. First of all, 10-12 Ringmer Village Hall, Book and jigsaw sale with coffee and cake Second of all, Read To The Beat, the summer reading challenge, starts. Thirdly, they’ve got something going on in the USA.

For those who wanted to know, it was Anthony Trollope in The Warden. Perhaps the warden would enjoy rummaging through our books and jigsaws on 4th July 10-12 noon Ringmer Village Hall

Ringmer review A reader writes Tess Sharpe: The Girls I've Been This has shot straight to the top of my Best Books I've Read in 2026 list. Razor sharp writing, brilliantly delineated characters, very satisfying plot. The challenge on the book's cover "You think you know me? Try again." nails it.

Ringmer review A reader writes Antti Tuomainen: The Rabbit Factor I would never have thought that an actuary could be such an engaging first person narrator. I love how Tuomainen makes it clear that our narrator is falling in love but doesn't have a clue that that is what is happening.

Ringmer review A reader writes Gill Hornby: Miss Austen I can't help wondering if the people who write on the front cover "entertaining", "spry" have read the same book as I did. It's immensely sad, a powerful depiction of the strictures under which nineteenth century 1/2

Who wrote “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?” We can supply the book, the coffee, and also the cake and the jigsaw. Saturday July 4th 10-12 noon Ringmer Village Hall

A sentiment we heartily endorse.

Don't forget!! The perfect way not to melt in this heat. Saturday July 4th 10-12 noon Ringmer Village Hall Book and jigsaw sale with coffee and cake.

Book and jigsaw sale with coffee and cake Saturday July 4th 10-12 noon Ringmer Village Hall So which is better? Coffee with books, cake with jigsaws Cake with books, coffee with jigsaws

Put the date in your diary now. Coffee, cake, books and jigsaws Saturday July 4th 10 12 noon Ringmer Village Hall Children’s books from 20 pence, paperbacks from 50p, hardbacks and jigsaws from £1

#WeAreReading Gill Hornby's Miss Austen "there is no greater menace on this earth than the clergyman newly appointed".

We are reading Lesley Thomson's The Dog Walker "Neville Rowlands was thirty-six, but early on had embraced middle age as a place of safety where less was expected of him."

The reach of reading knows no bounds. We have Rebecca Yarros's excellent Fourth Wing in the library - and it's popular; see here: bsky.app/profile/ring... and here it is in the Thai edition in a bookshop in Chiang Mai.

It's today!!! Get your tickets, or just turn up!!! "They say the pen is mightier than the sword And books are bombs in battles of ideas". Tickets still available from Ringmer Village Library or email [email protected]

"I might one day be as friendly and informal as the great Henry Normal,". Tickets still available from Ringmer Village Library or email [email protected]

"The verses sing to the soul as his poetry polishes the prose of the everyday". Tickets still available from Ringmer Village Library or email [email protected]

"They say the pen is mightier than the sword And books are bombs in battles of ideas". Tickets still available from Ringmer Village Library or email [email protected]

"As comforting as a full biscuit barrel". Go on, treat yourself. Tickets still available from the Ringmer Village Library or by emailing [email protected]

Big congrats to @emilytesh.net. We loved The Incandescent bsky.app/profile/ring...

#NowWeAreReading Lesley Thomson's A Kind Of Vanishing "Eleanor seldom reflected that she invented the most exciting bits of her life. The whimsical world in her head was real, the life she lived a dull perseverance in comparison."

Ringmer review A reader writes S. F. Williamson: A Language of Dragons 1923 London. Vivien is considering how best to use her facility for languages, including the various dragon tongues. As war beckons, she has to become a codebreaker.... at Bletchley Park.

Ringmer review A reader writes Michelle Paver: Rainforest A journey into the jungle, and into somebody's mind. Captivating.

Ringmer review A reader writes Gregory Maguire: Wicked I nearly didn't start reading because of the Hollywood film poster on the front. Glad I did; it's very well written, seriously dark, and a brilliant exploration of good and evil, perceptions and relationships.

Yesssssss! Preferably our shelf.

We are reading Wicked. Gregory Maguire has a wonderful turn of phrase. "a community of bees, at their work of chamber music and honey".

Ringmer review A reader writes Shelby Mahurin: Serpent and Dove Witch and witch hunter are forced into an unlikely marriage (quite plausibly). Their story is told alternately from her and his viewpoints and makes for spell binding reading.

Ringmer review A reader writes Kayte Nunn: The Silk House Very absorbing story, appealingly told

Ringmer review A reader writes Lesley Thomson; The Detective's Secret Brilliantly twisty. A lovely read.

We looked up a book about druidry on eBay. The first book listed under "Explore related items" was "Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics". Has eBay identified a link to a whole new understanding of science? And which should we buy for the library?

Ringmer review Emily Tesh: The Incandescent Brilliant. Starts with the everyday mundane banality of a contemporary school teacher - schedules, lesson plans, risk assessments, then adds a layer of magic, demons and firebirds. Risk assessment takes on a whole new meaning. It's also a love story.

Ringmer review A reader writes Rebecca Yarros: Onyx Storm The third of the Empyrean series. A tale of peril and bravery impeccably told. The best part is still the dry wit of the dragons as they bond with their inferior human riders.

Ringmer review A reader writes Lesley Thomson: Ghost Girl Fabulously well written. Every new character comes off the page in just a few sentences. A very satisfying story.

Ringmer review A reader writes Fran Wilde: A Philosophy of Thieves In a post crisis future, the rich are even richer. They put on enormously expensive parties at which gangs of thieves are hired to rob their guests. Roosa is one such artist, who finds herself thrown into a twisty and deadly plot.

Ringmer review A reader writes Rebcca Yarros: Iron Flame. Brilliant sequel to Fourth Wing, impeccable writing, compulsive reading.

Ringmer review A reader writes Rebcca Yarros: Fourth Wing a world with dragons and a lot of danger. There's also quite a lot of sex. Brilliant writing. Yarros has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and, interestingly, has very convincingly written a main character with the same condition.

Ringmer review A reader writes Elif Shafak: The Forty Rules Of Love An American woman has constructed a life as a perfect wife and mother (despite husband's infidelity), and then life comes at her in the form of a book about the Sufi poet Rumi. TBH, it took a while to get into, but worth it.

we're being followed by a criminologist. Oops. <The Library tiptoes carefully out of sight.>

We've just been told a library is only a library if it's from the Libre region of France, otherwise it's just a sparkling book hoard. We're very happy to be known as a sparkling book hoard. And happy new year to all our readers!

Probably the best designed book we've seen all year - dust jacket, cover and inside cover all unite to depict the Rose Field.

Ringmer review A reader writes Moira Buffini: Torchfire Second in the Torch trilogy. Wonderful tale of love, difference and a brutal struggle for supremacy in what remains of the world after we've wrecked it. Can't wait for the third part, but I'm going to have to; it's not out yet. Sigh.

Ringmer review A reader writes Stina Jackson: the Last Snow. Deliciously dark with a very satisfying end.

Ringmer review A reader writes Susie Dent: Guilty By Definition. Cosy crime and lovely words. What more could a reader want?

Ringmer review A reader writes Philip Pullman: The Secret Commonwealth The latest instalment of Lyra's life journey unfolds in mesmerising fashion.