I’ve been known to be a creature of habit; a little routined, a tad rehearsed, a titch regulated. Whether it’s going through a familiar sequence at my desk each morning, re-packing my handbag each night, or falling for the same type of unattainable bloke again and again, I can sometimes tick along like a well-wound clock. [...]
Archive for the ‘children's’ Category
K is for a Kingdom of Keys
Posted in Arthur Penhaligon, Books, children's, fantasy, Garth Nix, tagged adventure tales, am i too old to be reading this?, following a series, habits, holiday reading, magical worlds on 25 September, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I is for Instructions
Posted in Books, Charles Vess, children's, fantasy, Neil Gaiman, tagged fairy tales, following instructions, picture books, thing lust on 17 August, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We all know life doesn’t come with a manual. It’s a case of trying things out and muddling through; making mistakes, learning from example, following paths and occasionally chucking it all in a dumpster and starting again. In those take-a-deep-breath times it often feels like it would be easier if existence did come with a [...]
Book 19: Superior Saturday by Garth Nix
Posted in Arthur Penhaligon, Books, children's, fantasy, Garth Nix, Reading on 22 September, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like a bower bird to blue milk-bottle tops, put some sparkle on a book cover and you’ll hear me exclaim ‘Ooh, shiny!’ from across the room. Mind you, with the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ series, ‘Ooh, Garth Nix’ would also have been heard, but the metallic-y covers sealed the deal. Superior Saturday is the sixth [...]
Book 17: Nurse Matilda Goes to Town by Christianna Brand
Posted in Books, Books and Film, children's, Christianna Brand, classics on 9 September, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cute cover, huh? And that’s what made me pick up this book and its predecessor, Nurse Matilda. In fact it was the whole package, hardback and jacket, ribbon, a kind of extreme use of foil on the case, nice little fit-in-your-pocket size. Oh yes, don’t make the mistake of thinking I only pick up books based [...]
Book 13: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Posted in Books, children's, fantasy, Neil Gaiman, Reading on 23 June, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Good ol’ Terry Pratchett reckons Coraline is a masterpiece. Or at least he was happy enough to have that praise attributed to him on the book’s cover. But you know what? He was right. Coraline by Neil Gaiman is an almost perfect little story. And I say almost perfect just because I don’t think anything [...]
