Bog Child

I wasn’t aware of Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd, which was published earlier this year, until I read this article informing me that she had been posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal. I immediately borrowed the book from the library and upon doing so realised that it was the cover of Siobhan Dowd’s debut novel, A [...]

What I Was

I wanted to say Jesus, Finn, didn’t anyone ever talk to you? But I could imagine that no one had. People around her didn’t wait waste words; language was a tool, not a treat. You didn’t roll it around on your tongue, revel in it.I sighed. And yet … how was it that Finn’s silences [...]

If I Stay

I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman over two sittings on Saturday; I love devouring a book in that way and it is always testimony to the compelling nature of the story. I read this rather enigmatic review of the book by dovegreyreader last Monday, my curiousity was piqued, and I HAD to read [...]

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