Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery, Retold by Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath
I'm not a great enthusiast for adaptations and retellings of novels. It seems to me that if a book is so good that someone wants…
Advent Reading Challenge Day Twenty Five
Share a Book Everyone Should Read I've been adapting the challenges all month so why should today be any different?! This is an impossible challenge anyway. There…
Clare Tristan Arctic Nurse by Joyce Case
So, let's start with the dust wrapper. First of all: those eyes. I recognised them from somewhere else. Right enough, AE Batchelor, the artist, also…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Six
Yes, I know that I’ve already written about one of LM Montgomery’s books but it’s my birthday so I’m indulging myself. No-one is surprised that…
My Lockdown Books: Thirty Seven
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel is a book I had to read and my heart sank when I saw it. I was judging for the Carnegie…
My Lockdown Books: Twenty Three
You were expecting Anne of the Island, weren't you? I'm not surprised as I've cited it as one of my favourite books, never mind my…
Christmas Eve
If you’ve been reading this blog of mine for any length of time you’ll be familiar with my panegyrics on LM Montgomery. I make no…
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