Prompt – A book with a great opening line. Medium – Book About the Book – Greg Jenner, who is a public historian, the historical consultant for ‘Horrible Histories’ and the presenter of podcast ‘You’re Dead to Me’ explores the ways in which the ideas of celebrity have been publicised and evolved since Jenner’s firstContinue reading “Book #21 – Dead Famous”
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Book #20 – The Merry Spinster
Prompt – A book written by a trans or non-binary author. Medium – Book About the Book – Daniel Mallory Ortberg re-imagines a series of classical ‘bedtime stories’ as dark and slightly creepy tales. The stories include psychological horror, emotional upset and feminist additions to create new plots and twists to some of the mostContinue reading “Book #20 – The Merry Spinster”
Book #19 – Mythos
Prompt – A book by an author who has written more than 20 books. Including books of screenplays, Stephen Fry has! Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Stephen Fry takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Greek myths, starting from the very dawn of time, right through the arrival of the Gods onContinue reading “Book #19 – Mythos”
The book I couldn’t finish
As an interlude – here is a book I just couldn’t bring myself to finish – ‘Pharoah’ by Wilbur Smith. Now I know this may be an unpopular opinion – apparently the book is a Number 1 bestseller and lots of people love it, but I just could not fathom it. I love historical fictionContinue reading “The book I couldn’t finish”
Book #18 – All the Light we Cannot See
Prompt – A book with a character with a visual impairment (a nod to 20/20 vision). Medium – Book About the Book – Anthony Doerr writes through the use of short scenes and varying time periods about two young people living through the war years. Marie-Laure is a blind French girl who is living inContinue reading “Book #18 – All the Light we Cannot See”
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