This book isn’t as easy to read (or review, for that matter) as Wolfsong. Gordo Livinstone is the narrator for this one and he definitely is harder to love than Ox (yet I love him all the same!) Gordo is a prickly character, grumpy and pretty closed off. He has good reason for it but it does make it harder to be in his headspace. Gordo also has a connection […]
I first read Wolfsong by T.J. Klune a couple of years back. It wasn’t my first by the author (that would be Bear, Otter and the Kid – his debut) but it was the one that really spoke to me on a deeper level. No knock on BOATK (it’s a great book and if you haven’t read it yet please do so at your earliest opportunity) but I tend to […]
I honestly must be one of the very few people who has yet to read Alexandra Christo’s debut To Kill a Kingdom (though I plan to rectify that shortly) so I wasn’t 100% sure what I would be getting going into this book. Sometimes that’s a good thing though – it can be better not to have any expectations because they usually get dashed, more often than not… I was […]
I have been positively giddy with anticipation waiting for Wayward Son; Carry On is one of my all-time favourites and I couldn’t wait for more Simon and Baz content. I couldn’t even wait for the hardcover copy I ordered to release on 3rd October (the special edition signed copy from Waterstones natch). I caved and bought the eBook so I could read it on 24th September (which falls in line […]
I was mulling over my review for Wayward Son when it occurred to me that I had never actually reviewed Carry On (for shame!) and oh, how appropriate that I was just now listening to a playlist on Spotify and Bohemian Rhapsody came on (carry on, carry on…) most fortuitous! It’s definitely a sign. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is a book that completely grabbed me by the lapels and […]