Lissa Evans. David Fickling Books. (250p) ISBN 9781910989449 Wed Wabbit had been kicking around my TBR pile for quite a while and kept getting put down until I decided to go for it as it was going to be the 8-12 book club book for the month. I instantly regretted it, by it I mean …
American Gods
Neil Gaiman. Headline Publishing Group. (736p) ISBN 9780755322817 An American road trip with a difference, new gods meet old gods to fight it out for supremacy and Shadow is at the centre of it all. From the first chapter I was entranced at Neil Gaiman’s imagination and writing. Together they developed a story that was …
Essence of the North
What is the “Essence of the North?” That is what is being asked by The Northerner Blog in the Guardian today. They are asking for contributors to post an image that captures the essence of the North. Whose North? There is always the chocolate box image of Dales and Moors, unbroken wilderness, apart from James …
The Last Children of Tokyo
The Last Children of Tokyo another book that I saw on the trolley as I was shelving and was instantly fascinated by the cover. It also fits in with my goal of reading more books which weren’t originally written in English. Looking at a world in the near future, set in the Tokyo of this …
Darlington ‘Walkdown’ #01
We’ve been doing variants of this walk for a couple of years before last March but not really doing the full walk. We decided to explore it a bit more during lockdown to see where it all went (there are other bits to add but I’ll add these to other maps since they go off …
Never Let Me Go
Melancholic. This is about the only word that can be used to describe Never Let Me Go, it is there from the start to the end. Always on the verge of crying. This is such a well-crafted elegy to the dead or those about to die. Nothing is clear and the characters see their lives …