Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel My rating: 5 of 5 stars So before we get into this, the facts: this is a barnstormer of a book and I enjoyed every inch of it. I came to it after reading Wolf Hall, which I had found a little difficult, and, as a consequence, feltContinue reading “Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel”
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Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo by Hergé
The Adventures of Tintin, Volume 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets / Tintin in the Congo by Hergé My rating: 2 of 5 stars A small, neat bindup edition of the first two Tintin adventures: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and Tintin In The Congo, this is a complex thing toContinue reading “Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo by Hergé”
Happy birthday How To Be Free
How To Be Free is out today! I am so happy that she’s officially in the world and I hope you enjoy her. She features my favourite bullet points ever, my favourite Hanna moment ever, and quite possibly one of my favourite cakes ever. There is also some excellent dangling by Eloise Taylor (play toContinue reading “Happy birthday How To Be Free”
The Kingdom By The Sea by Paul Theroux
The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux My rating: 4 of 5 stars I finished this and I thought: isn’t it weird that the more things change, the more things stay the same. There are parts of The Kingdom By The Sea that feel like something from another world: people who were born beforeContinue reading “The Kingdom By The Sea by Paul Theroux”
Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day
Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day My rating: 5 of 5 stars A while ago, I had a very particular need to read some Susie Day. I have adored her work for a long time and I think that in many ways, it demonstrates everything that is good in present-day children’s literature. SheContinue reading “Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day”
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, artwork by Emily Carroll
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this remarkable and have been taking some time to quite figure out how to review it and what to say about it. I am unfamiliar with Laurie Halse Anderson’s original text so was coming to this fresh. I hadContinue reading “Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, artwork by Emily Carroll”
Donut Feed The Squirrels by Mika Song
Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song My rating: 5 of 5 stars (Please note that I was offered a copy of this to review from my publisher. This hasn’t impacted my feelings about the book nor the content of this review). This is infinitely, infinitely, infinitely charming stuff. I loved every inch of it.Continue reading “Donut Feed The Squirrels by Mika Song”
H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars And so, the end of the year and the start of a new one. Christmas and then the bit beyond. A time when the world gets a little bit thin and unsure of itself. December slides from all purpose and helter-skelter intentContinue reading “H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald”
The First Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz
Hello! I have been thinking for a while that I wanted to start a new Christmas tradition on this blog, and this year felt like the perfect time to do precisely that. So! Here is the First Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz! (I am very excited). There are no prizes, other than gloriousContinue reading “The First Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz”
Daisy May Johnson 