Michelle Paver’s Wakenhyrst

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…

Bill Bryson’s A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

Because apparently I'm too dumb for his 'Short History', I need the 'Really Short History'... After reading Bryson's 'Shakespeare: The World As Stage' and 'The Mother Tongue', I quickly became a fan of his work. About a year ago, I was given this 'A Really Short History of Nearly Everything' - it wasn't until I…