This isn't the kind of book I normally read. I didn't know much when I picked it up but it grabbed me immediately, being very much a human story. It starts as the story of a little girl called Amy and her mother, struggling to survive on the streets. Then shit goes down. Lots of it, it's fabulous ( Read more... )

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This isn't a review, because sometimes there are no words. This is one of those books. It's not widely distibuted because it's from Australia so I feel it's my duty to point it out. You can get it on Kindle.


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Hi! Who's read something lately but you don't have time to review it in depth? We'd all still love to know about it, if was great (or to stay away!) so I thought maybe adding a star system and a 'read it if you like...' section might help if you want to keep it brief.

I'll start with a fannish pleasure.

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Title: Remarkable Creatures
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery
Pages: 310

From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is different. Though poor and uneducated, she learns on the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot fosils no one ( Read more... )