Tag Archives: UK author
Wolves
I totally agree with that old saying “never judge a book by its cover”, but more often than not it is the cover that piques your [...]
The Ransom of Dond
Illustrated by Pam Smy Darra lives on the island of Inniscaul is a small island off the coast of Eriu, or Ireland. And it is her fate to be [...]
A Pelican at Blandings
Blandings Castle #11 Clarance, the ninth Earl of Emsworth is enjoying life. The pride of his life, Empress of Blandings is in good health an [...]
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
illustrated by Quentin Blake This book opens with a picture of the author, smiling. The words tell a different story. They tell us that this [...]
A Wrinkle in the skin
AKA The Ragged Edge. Read for the 2014 Sci-Fi Experience In the 1960s a wave of earthquakes brings destruction around the globe. Isolated of [...]
Ghost Hawk
Little Hawk is about to leave his family and village to go into the woods and live alone for three months, a ritual that will see him in his [...]
The man in the picture
Part of my RIP VIII reading. Oliver is visiting his old Oxford tutor when Theo begins to tell him a story. It is a cold January night, perfe [...]
To the lighthouse
Ramsay wants to go to the lighthouse. His mother says that yes, of course they can go tomorrow, weather permitting. His father disagrees. [...]
A town like Alice
In post World War II England Jean Paget is tracked down by a solicitor. She is the only surviving member of a client of his, and so stands t [...]
