For someone who loves Southern American literature, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to get round to Twain. I had never read any of his books I picked up Puddn’head Wilson earlier this year – and I enjoyed it so much, I was spurred on to catch up with some of his other books. So here is…
Halloween Giveaway!! No tricks, just treats! Why do kids get all the good stuff on Halloween? I’m redressing the balance with my Halloween Giveaway 2022! Yes, I am giving away this gorgeous set of spooky Penguin Clothbounds to one lucky winner. The full set comprises of: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Mask of the Read Death by Edgar Allan…
Following on from New Blue Shoes, this month I’m looking at another of Eve Rice’s picture books: Goodnight, Goodnight, first published in 1980. The gist Unsurprisingly, the book is about everyone in a city saying goodnight and getting ready to go to bed. Men, women, babies, children, pets, shops, firemen and policemen are all pleasantly saying goodnight to each other…
Black Narcissus (1947) may seem like a strange choice for my third Film First post. I wouldn’t call it a favourite film. That suggests one that I’ve seen hundreds of times and know it off by heart. In fact, before writing this post, I’d only seen it twice. But it has always sort of haunted me. I first saw it…
Time for 6 Degrees of Separation August! These months are flying by far too fast for my liking. In case you don’t know, 6 Degrees is a meme hosted by Books Are My Favourite and Best – you can check out how it all works here. This month we are starting with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth…
There are plenty of ‘Classic Books’ I have never read for one reason or another. There are only so many hours in the day afterall. ‘Classics’ are typically well known and have had a lot of stuff written about them, so I’m not going to witter on. Here is the first of my super quick reviews of those I’m finally…
