currently reading ‘The Offset’ by Calder Szewczak
currently reading ‘The Offset’ by Calder Szewczak
Kieran Larwood. Faber & Faber. (320p) ISBN 9780571328420 The Gift of Dark Hollow is a wonderful follow-up to the first of the series, The Legend of Podkin One-Ear which was one of my favourite books of last year. We follow the further adventures of Podkin, Paz and Pook in their fight against the Gorm. In …
Kieran Larwood. Faber & Faber. (288p) ISBN 9780571340200 It’s a bit cliched and I don’t often say it, so here goes. The Legend of Podkin One-Ear is an instant classic and will be read for decades as a favourite of adults and children who will go on to introduce it to their children. From the …
Jessica Miller. Faber & Faber. (240p) ISBN 9780571335732 It’s actually been a while since I read Elizabeth and Zenobia and it still stands strong in my mind. A wonderful mystery with imaginary (?) friends, loss, obsession and certain Victorian sensibilities. Elizabeth moves to a big house in the countryside with forbidden areas and strange happenings, …
Max Porter. Faber & Faber. (128p) ISBN 9780571327232 I was so looking forward to Grief is the Thing with Feathers after hearing so much about it. It was such a refreshing change from the works I usually read, prose and poetry combined into a brave journey through grief and the feelings that come from being …