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The Explorer by Katherine Rundell After Rooftoppers any book by Katherine Rundell was going to face a tall order. Where here last book, The Wolf Wilder, delved into the dark and mysterious world of the Russian forest and a history…
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Wise words from @kdbrundell in The Explorer #books #amreading #vocabulary
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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman With the publication of book one of the long-awaited The Book of Dust in October, and 22 years after I first read, and was blown away by, this book, I decided it was time for…
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Another successful visit to the marvellous @booksandink bookshop. 1664 #books in the Shepherd library now, and my mum and dad enjoyed browsing and buying too!
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Last night I began to reread Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights. Even though this is one of my favourite books I think I’ve only read it the once, and I can remember that time like yesterday. I can remember discovering the…
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Imaginary Friends by Philip Pullman This is a short volume, published both in celebration of Independent booksellers, and also as a teaser of the Dæmon Voices that is to follow later this year. A collection of essays about writing, this…
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I remember “finding” #NorthernLights in a bookshop in Winchester before it was huge and falling in love with the cover and not looking back. With #TheBookofDust coming out in October it’s time for a reread… #books???? #alethiometer #philippullman
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The Forever Ship by Francesca Haig What is there more to say about to this book other than it is the explosive finale to the Fire Sermon trilogy of books. For a world where everyone is born with a fatal…
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The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane The woodcut cover of this short essay on gifting the pleasure through books hints too at the other theme of the book, that of journeys trodden on foot – a subject that Robert…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling It is scarcely credible to think that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is 20 years old this year. It is just as incredible to realise that in all that time…
Continue readingToday I have discovered my new favourite bookshop and it’s going to take some beating! For somewhere so local, it is criminal that I have never been to Banbury’s Books and Ink before – they’ve been there for 12 years…
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Found my new favourite bookshop… #books???? #new #old #antiquarian @booksandink
Continue readingOur Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas This is at its heart the book about a writer, Meg, who is (unsuccessfully) writing her novel. She’s a successful ghostwriter for an author who doesn’t exist, and occasional journalist, but she is her…
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I didn’t just buy a vintage stool yesterday, but these adorable Jane Austen books… ???? #senseandsensibilty #northamgerabbey #janeausten #books
Continue readingCoot Club by Arthur Ransome If Swallows and Amazons is the childhood classic to remember, Coot Club is its equal. We first encounter Dick and Dot in the book that comes before it when they are with the Swallows and…
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They don’t print books like this anymore… #amreading #books #penguinorange #penguinsciencefiction #thewaroftheworlds #hgwells
Continue readingBest Murder in Show (Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries Book 1) by Debbie Young Debbie Young’s debut novel (she is the author already of various anthologies of short stories and non-fiction) is billed as a cosy-mystery – I would suggest the…
Continue readingThe Fossil Hunters by Betty Salthouse Who didn’t have a fascination for a fossils and dinosaurs as a child? This is a delightfully traditional tale of childhood adventure. Andy and Darren are two boys who dream of making a big…
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And I’d recommend them all! #books #amreading #reccommendations
Continue readingSilent Voices: A Selection of Poems Written by Those Not Always Heard by Jo Allmond (Editor), Joy Thomas (Editor) This is quite simply an outstanding anthology of poetry however you look at it. Every poem had me gripping the page…
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