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Going to dig that one out. It sounds fun and as I'm writing a YA fantasy at the moment it would be good to get a feel for how others structure their work and the voices used, see if and how I can amend my own narrative voice to the intended readers better.Just finished "Viper" by Bex Hogan (Publ. Orion, Hachette). YA Fantasy. First book in "Isles of Storm and Sorrow" trilogy.
Strong, brave heroine; a definite page turner. Has a Robin Hobb "Live Ship Traders" feel about it, perhaps because much of it takes place on a ship. Tagline: "He will make me a killer, or he will have me killed. That is my destiny."
I will definitely read the rest of this trilogy.
Sounds like my kind of book!!So am excited to see if the characters in this one are just as perfectly bonkers. So far, so good.
Yep, I had similar trouble with this book but persevered. Passed it on to my mum who was telling me last week that she can hardly bear to continue with it but I told her to keep going too. I found that it has really made me question my life, all those ‘what ifs?’Just finished Matt Haig's "The Midnight Library". By page 24, I was feeling really depressed, but @RK Capps said to keep going (analogy there); the mood will pick up once the story reaches the library. And, oh boy it did! Spent the last few chapters in tears (not going to reveal whether through happy or sad emotion). A great concept and a great read.
What's for you won't go by you.Yep, I had similar trouble with this book but persevered. Passed it on to my mum who was telling me last week that she can hardly bear to continue with it but I told her to keep going too. I found that it has really made me question my life, all those ‘what ifs?’
I loved the book, it's brilliant. Trying to catch up with the series.Not reading it currently but The Terror is on BBC iPlayer. The book is very good.
Just finished Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw. Superb. 11yr old and I both loved it.It's not that I'm stuck for reading anything at the moment, but it's nice to know what Litopians are reading - might provide valuable material for a writer or a pleasant diversion away from the genre s/he are writing in. I was going to say 'Bookshelf,' but that's recently been mentioned as a possible scam. But it would be quite nice to peruse our own 'Litopian Library' as an accompaniment to local bookshops/Amazon, etc.
Someone in the Welcome Lounge mentioned writing about walking the entire UK coast with his dog, and I asked whether he'd read The Salt Path and Five Hundred Mile Walkies.
No need to write a review, just author, title and genre (if not apparent).
I've just finished Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis a YA Horror. I'm now reading Colin Wilson's Ritual in the Dark (the terrifying thriller of murder most macabre) and for the past few months I've been dipping into Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies, Essays and Interview -Various Authors. The latter has been brilliant for ideas with my WiP and it led to me reading Colin Wilson who I'm enjoying and may never have otherwise discovered.
Anyway, just floating it out there.
Currently I'm reading A Big Boy Did And Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyer.
I would describe it as a mash-up, dark, witty, shaper than a cutthroat razor, ranty and utterly brilliant international terrorism thriller.
My book of '21 so far. I (literally) don't want it to end. It is a fabulously plotted, fantastically written thing of excellence and beauty.
Now I have to read this!! Brilliant title tooListened to this on audiobook as we drove all the way to Germany in one hit. Fab book.
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I've heard of those ecoeggs, but never tried them. There's a shop in Totnes that does them. I'll check it out.I use no chemicals, just these! I buy vinegar in 5 litre bottles and bicarb and sodium carbonate/crystals in 5kg bags, great to have in bulk. I used to make all my own laundry detergent with Dr. Bronners soap and soda crystals, but have been using this fantastic "ecoegg" now for the past year. Its brilliant