The universe has more in store for Zen Starling than small-time thievery.
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Month: May 2017
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Sputnik’s Guide To Life On Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce – Carnegie Shortlist 2017
Sea chests, gravity surfing, and cow palaces.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Classic Neil Gaiman: full of invention and imagination, poor on character and writing.
The Circus of Adventure Review
For some reason the name Tauri-Hessia came into my head this morning. If that rings bells, read this review!
The Circus of Adventure without Dustjacket
So I finally got stuck into The Circus of Adventure, and I have to admit, for all my sins I haven’t been able to finish it, but I have read 3/4 of it so feel refreshed enough to review it for you!
Before we even begin on the story however, I do feel I should mention the extra special, long introduction from Blyton at the beginning of the book. She says how she was going to end the series with The Ship of Adventure but all the children’s letters persuaded her to carry on. How right the children were – just because Bill and Allie got married (spoilers, sorry!) that didn’t mean the story of the Mannerings and Trents was finished. It’s true that the Adventure series only carried on for two more books, and the last one is rather a disappointment in respects to some…
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The Lake
A short piece I wrote a while ago. It was an exercise in the second person, which is an odd tense to write in but I really warmed to it.
