Medium – Book About the Book – Margery Benson is a schoolteacher, living in London in 1950. London is still reeling from WW2, and Margery is making her way quietly through live, just scraping by. One day, after a terrible lesson, Margery decides that she has had enough, and she leaves the school in anContinue reading “2021 Book #73 – Miss Benson’s Beetle”
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Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear
Prompt – A book with a map. Medium – Book About the Book – Yanka is found abandoned in the wilds of Russia as a baby, snuggled in a bear cave. She is taken in by a kind woman from the nearby village, her Mamochka. However, she never feels like she fits in within theContinue reading “Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear”
Book #33 – The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Prompt – A book set in Japan. Medium – Audiobook About the Book – This book is the tale of Nana, a stray cat who is befriended and rehomed by a young man called Satoru. The two live together peacefully and happily for five years, before Satoru decides to start travelling Japan visiting three setsContinue reading “Book #33 – The Travelling Cat Chronicles”
Book #14 – Pet Subjects
Prompt – An Anthology Medium – Book About the Book – This book has been written by Irish vet Pete Wedderburn, who is the resident vet for the Telegraph. He discusses some of the rare or strange cases he has come up against, alongside advice for people with animals suffering similar ailments. He looks atContinue reading “Book #14 – Pet Subjects”