Burning Bright | 
so-soThis was another slow moving book, but overall it was good. It took a bit to learn the characters, especially with Maggie and Maisie – I think I had to sometimes stop and think for a minute every time one or the other was newly introduced into a scene. The story is mostly from Jem and Maggie‘s points of view. Apparently Philip Astley was also a real person and created the first circus.
Today‘s charity and used bookshop haul! @kathedron - note the two Tracy Chevalier‘s after I loved the other one so much! And yes, there is a Persephone hiding in there....
Not sure what message is being sent with a torch lit procession before a book festival #bloodyscotland
#TBRtemptation post 4! From the author of the smash blockbuster "The Girl With the Pearl Earring" comes a realistic historical novel set in the 1790s. Thomas Kellaway and his family move from Dorset to London, where he finds work as a circus carpenter. The novel witnesses the coming-of-age of his children, Jen and Maisie. Intermingled with the fictional characters are real ones, such as William Blake and Philip Astley. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
