Next on the bookworm trail is another story with ‘good-night’ in the title – Valerie and the Good-Night Swing by Mira Lobe. I don’t have any real reason for chosing this one, other than randomly finding it in a bookshop and liking the illustrations 🙂 The gist Valerie is supposed to be going to bed, but instead she decides to…
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…
“As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws.” Treasure Island. Heard of it? Of course you have. Read it? Quite possibly. But have you read Moonfleet? Possibly not. And that’s a damn shame. The gist The story revolves around John Trenchard, an orphan living in the village of Moonfleet on the…