It might be nostalgia talking. But I love this trilogy just as much as I did the very first time I read it. Onto Inkdeath!
So, I love Inkspell more thaIt might be nostalgia talking. But I love this trilogy just as much as I did the very first time I read it. Onto Inkdeath!
So, I love Inkspell more than Inkheart. Mainly because this is the book where we actually get to go into the Inkworld, and it is just as amazing and frightening and colourful as we’d hope it would be.
Spoilers ahead!!!!!!!
After Orpheus reads Dustfinger into Inkheart but leaves Farid and the martens behind, Farid turns to Meggie to ask if she can reunite them. Meggie agrees but only if she can tag along for the ride, after all she’s been dying to see the world her mother lived in for so long.
Not long after their exit, Mortola turns up for her revenge. She uses Orpheus to read herself, Basta, Mo and Resa back into the Inkworld where she promptly shoots Mo in the chest.
Suddenly his life is in danger and only Fenoglio and his words can save him, but at what cost?
Basically everyone is in the Inkworld now apart from Elinor and Darius, who are left suffering as Orpheus destroys her house.
I love the sheer volume of characters we get to meet - plus the vastness of the world. It has a map, therefore I immediately love it.
Full of action and twists this is one of my favourite books which I will return to again and again. ...more
This was quite possibly the first thriller/mystery I ever read. It set the bar for future reads, and what a high bar it set! Two young girls, Calli andThis was quite possibly the first thriller/mystery I ever read. It set the bar for future reads, and what a high bar it set! Two young girls, Calli and Petra; in a Southern American state go missing, after which follows the small town turning on itself and on each other. There is the top suspect, Calli's alcoholic father, as well as the underlying mystery of Calli's selective mutism. The story moves between different POV including each of the young girls, the parents and also Callie's brother. It is a fantastic mystery, unraveling the flaws and secrets of so many of the characters and I loved them all! Even knowing the outcome I still love to get into the heads of the characters and its such a perfect setting. Highly recommend....more
" I am a glass man, but there is no light in me that can shine across the sea. I shall lead no one home, save no lives, not even my own."
My second tim" I am a glass man, but there is no light in me that can shine across the sea. I shall lead no one home, save no lives, not even my own."
My second time reading Lighthousekeeping. It's a beautiful quiet tale that begins in a lighthouse in Scotland, with Pew and an orphan named Silver in the 1800s. Though not rich in plot, this story focuses on people and our different sides, and the stories we tell to both ourselves and each other. Telling stories within a story. The main story we hear from Pew is about a man called Babel Dark and the two lives he lives.
"Darkness was a presence. I learned to see in it, I learned to see through it, and I learned to see the darkness of my own."
Robert Louis Stevenson and Darwin also both make appearances. The writing in this book is wonderful - it enthrals and completely transports you. I find a kind of peace when I go into this tale, and it's one I will return to again and again.
"Don't regret your life child, it will pass soon enough."...more
An incredibly clever book! We take the premise of an all boys grammar school, add a person with a serious grudge and things start to get interesting! ItAn incredibly clever book! We take the premise of an all boys grammar school, add a person with a serious grudge and things start to get interesting! It unfolds slowly, we know very little about the main character or what caused their hatred of the infamous 'St Oswalds School' - we follow them as they infiltrate the school and plan its ultimate downfall. I can't give away too much all I will say is the twist at the end has to be one of the greatest twists in contemporary literature. It royally screws your brain and completely rewrites everything you have just read! EVERYONE READ THIS BOOK!...more
I can't believe how few reviews this has! I thought that Blue Earth was great! An enthralling tale that captured me right from the beginning. We follow I can't believe how few reviews this has! I thought that Blue Earth was great! An enthralling tale that captured me right from the beginning. We follow Billy-Ray from his roots on a Minnesota farm, through to adulthood with numerous losses along the way, right into the heart of the oil industry in Alaska. It moves so swiftly between the different landscapes and cultures that you feel immersed by Hardy's vivid descriptions. It is a man's battle with the elements, and his battle with who he strives to be over who his family needs him to be. A truly powerful novel with fantastic settings. Highly recommended....more
A flooded world, where few islands remain, and those who inhabit the land are landlockers. Everyone else lThis is a truly beautiful and magical novel.
A flooded world, where few islands remain, and those who inhabit the land are landlockers. Everyone else lives on boats and are known as damplings.
North is a dampling she works as the bear-girl on a circus boat known as The Excalibur. The circus folk are the only family she has ever known, and she would never want to leave. However, she is harbouring a secret - a secret that might destroy the life she has built.
Callanish is a Gracekeeper. She arranges mourning ceremonies for people with loved ones who have died. She lives alone on her island, as a punishment for something she did long ago.
Kirsty Logan's writing is so lyrical, I was swept away in this magical world. We see how Callanish and North meet for the first time, and then how they are constantly drawn together.
I loved all the different characters, particularly from the circus. They were all so imaginative and sometimes quite creepy (mainly the clowns and the glamours). It was just a completely immersive world, and I loved spending time in it.
Love love love! This is one of my favourite books! It is beautifully written: in a quiet and almost creepy setting, a woman returns to the island afterLove love love! This is one of my favourite books! It is beautifully written: in a quiet and almost creepy setting, a woman returns to the island after discovering her feet are turning to glass, to try and uncover its mystery cause. Whilst there she meets a young man, Midas, an introvert, socially awkward and generally uncomfortable in his own skin. They are a wonderful clash of personalities and to see their relationship grow, as the glass in Ida's feet gradually begins to spread it becomes a race against time to find the cause and a cure. The entire book has a magical, mystical feel about it - you feel transported to a world where people hide away, and the very earth itself holds secrets. The relationship between Midas and Ida also feels very real - they are both flawed, both make mistakes with the other, which just makes it so much more believable. You feel for them and can understand them in a complex way - no insta love here! I cannot praise it highly enough - it is beautiful and heartbreaking and just wonderful. 5 stars!...more
“Richard Pincent is determined to twist the world to his own dark ends; you are on the side of the angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all ma “Richard Pincent is determined to twist the world to his own dark ends; you are on the side of the angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing.”
Man this series is great! Peter and Anna are now legals, living on the outside after escaping from Grange Hall. Peter is offered a job working at the infamous Pincent Pharma by his all powerful grandfather, Richard Pincent.
Peter plans to spy on the creation of Longevity and report back to the Underground - those fighting against eternal life. But secrets and lies cause Peter to question his loyalties, which side is really right or wrong, and how does his half brother tie in?
At times pretty damn terrifying, this series shows the lengths people will go to preserve youth and to live forever, no matter the cost or the pain of others.
Non stop drama and action, this is a powerful dystopian portraying what can happen when science goes too far, and morality becomes even greyer. ...more
I'm so pleased I reread this! It was just as mind blowing the second or third time around!
Meet Anna.
"I hate my parents. They broke The Declaration...I'm so pleased I reread this! It was just as mind blowing the second or third time around!
Meet Anna.
"I hate my parents. They broke The Declaration...they're in prison now. None of us knows anything about our parents anymore. Which is fine by me - I'd have nothing to say to them anyway."
Imagine a world where people could live forever. A world where a pill called Longevity prevented people from dying. However, to take part in this world you must sign The Declaration - a contract confirming that you will never have children, in order to prevent overpopulation.
Those who have children anyway, are sent to prison - and the kids referred to as Surpuses, sent to live in halls, where they are beaten, starved and trained to become housekeepers.
Anna is one such Surplus, she has accepted her lot in life, thoroughly brainwashed by the horrible Ms Pincent. That is until Peter turns up, a late arrival - Peter has spent much of his life on the Outside, and begins telling Anna of her parents. How there is an underground movement fighting against Longevity, that Mother Nature believes in the new and young, rather than keeping the Old alive.
Peter's arrival turns Anna's entire world upside down, and it isn't long before she decides to take action. A thrilling dystopia with a fantastic premise! Highly recommend!
"Because no one needs to live forever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome." ...more
I love One Day! As romances go generally - I don't choose them, as I barely ever like them, but with One Day I was truly swept up! The fact that the roI love One Day! As romances go generally - I don't choose them, as I barely ever like them, but with One Day I was truly swept up! The fact that the romance isn't instant - that it builds from friendship and moves through years of distance and other relationships, means it's wonderful to follow Dex and Emma on their journey from students to adult life, and all the issues that come with it! Plus having read it myself as a student, and it being based in an English University I found I could really connect and now I look back on it with warm nostalgia. If you fancy a romance with a difference then One Day is the one! ...more
Knowing I had to return this to the library tomorrow - I had a browse and noticed it is majority pictures and not a whole of lot text. So this eveningKnowing I had to return this to the library tomorrow - I had a browse and noticed it is majority pictures and not a whole of lot text. So this evening I managed to read the entire thing out loud to my mother and sister 💖 Boom! Now I can return it having read this masterpiece!
"You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I believe that if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too."
I absolutely adore the film Hugo so when I found out it was originally a book I felt I had to pick it up. This story follows a young boy, Hugo who lives in the train station in Paris. He lives alone, taking care of the many clocks around the station and making sure they are all running smoothly. He has with him a machine his father told him about. An automaton that he is determined to fix up.
The story itself is very simple, about Hugo's survival in the train station, and how his life changes forever when he has a run in with the old man who runs the toy booth. Everything in this tale joins together; Hugo's automaton, the old man and his toys, his father's love of movies - it all combines to create a wonderful story. It is a magical tale, filled with wonder, and joy in the simple things. What tipped it to the five star mark for me were the wonderful illustrations in this novel. Pages of drawings that serve to tell parts of the story, where we don't read any text at all, and we just see the story unfold before our very eyes.
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