Later this year a movie will be released of Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls.
I’m keen to see the movie, but reluctant at the same time.
Click here to see the trailer, and what I hope is conveyed in the movie version.
Category: Folklore
Tower of Thorns, by Juliet Marillier
A wailing monster, a cursed land and a lady with secrets.
Add a bristling healer and her hulky companion with pasts that haunt them, and you have an enthralling story that sweeps you into its world of fey and mystery.
The Court of Thorns and Roses
When my Practical Bloke wanted gift suggestions this year (i.e. “What books do you want?”), Sarah J. Maas was at the top of the list – not her exactly, that would be illegal – but her Throne of Glass trilogy. I’d wanted to read it for ages, but he also bought me the first of her new series, The Court of Thorns and Roses.
Do you know The Lady Bushranger?
What do you know about women bushrangers?
If your answer would be, ‘Not much,’ you wouldn’t be alone. Before I picked up The Burial by Courtney Collins, my response would have been, ‘What women bushrangers?’
Shadowfell – in the Dark: Juliet Marillier
During the recent power blackout I spent a lot of time reading by candlelight.The book and the blackout both left me asking myself questions.
26 Letters: Literature, YA, Sci-fi and Fantasy 