‘The Once and Future King’ – T. H. White 1958
My rating: 4 of 5 stars An epic fantasy tale told with skill and imparting an important message about humanity’s capacity for both senseless violence and great ...
‘A Thousand Nights’ – E. K. Johnston 2015
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finally, a fairy-tale retelling that delivers! With slow-burning intensity this novel got under my skin, with gorgeous prose and a stron...
‘Eighty Days’ – Matthew Goodman 2013
My rating: 4 of 5 stars An engagingly told and meticulously researched true story of two women’s race around the world in 1889. I picked this unusual non-fictio...
‘Neverwhere’ – Neil Gaiman 1996
My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had tears in my eyes as I read the last few pages of Neverwhere, and I can’t fully express how much I adore this story. In rereading i...
‘Night Walks’ – Charles Dickens 2012
My rating: 4 of 5 stars ‘Night Walks’ from the Penguin ‘Great Ideas’ collection gives a wonderful series of snapshots of life in London during the mid 1800’s. D...
‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ – Ransom Riggs 2011
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyable Halloween weekend read, not as creepy as I expected but perfectly suited to a younger YA audience. The book uses real photogra...
‘Clockwork Angel’ – Cassandra Clare 2010
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Solid 3.5 stars, a quality addition to the YA fantasy genre with engaging characters and dialogue, let down slightly by a formulaic pl...
‘Madam Bovary’ – Gustav Flaubert 1856
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Madame Bovary takes its place next to Jane Eyre in my collection of favourite ‘romantic’ novels that are considered classics...
‘Soft Apocalypse’ Will McIntosh 2011
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A slow burning novel about the end of the world. I didn’t think I was going to like this book. I thought it was going to be slow and d...
‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage’ – Haruki Murakami 2013
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really loved this book. It was strange, in typical Murakami st...