I first read Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses years and years ago and, of course, was excited to watch the TV show last month. Noughts and Crosses is an alternative reality in which the native African people colonised the Europeans. Set in an alternative 21st century Britain in which the Crosses (darker skinned people) dominate…
Whilst I was initially put off by the 525 pages of this book, wondering how many bus trips to work it would take me to finish this, it turned out to be well worth it. If anything, it ended too soon and I would have liked another 100 odd pages. I'm amazed that this book…
Wakenhyrst is the gothic tale of Maud Stearne's childhood growing up under the tyrannical hand of her father, a man descending into madness. The book starts with a journalist article of 'the first outsider who's met Maud and been inside Wake's End' for 50 years. Following this is a series of letters between Maud and…
I worried I'd ruin the most popular children’s book in historyJim Kay I'm not going to pretend that I spend all my free time bettering myself with new literature - books I can learn from and develop my writing. More often than not, I come home from work and, if I'm not on Netflix, I'm…
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