Not all books are good
I can’t remember the specific book which caused the epiphany: not all books are good. I grew up devouring books. All books. Any books. From my father’s James Herriot to my mother’s Mary Stewart [‘This...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.” Love’s Labour’s Lost, William Shakespeare The post Merry Christmas!...
View ArticleBook review: Dark Aemilia
Book review: Shakespeare: tick. Possible identity of the Dark Lady: tick. Supernatural, witches and demons: tick. Stinking, plague-ridden London: tick. The Globe, white-faced boy actors dressed in...
View ArticleBook review: Vinegar Girl [The Taming of the Shrew Retold]
I love Anne Tyler’s writing. It is so simple and under-stated. She lets you slip so easily into the head and the world of her characters. This is her re-working of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the...
View ArticleBook review: New Boy
When she arrives at school one day, Dee notices the new boy before anyone else and forsees he will have an impact on the world she lives in. Little does she know. This is Washington DC in the 1970s. A...
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