Today is the end (finally!) of #NoBooksNovember, my self-imposed book buying ban. What better way to mark the occasion than the arrival of this much-anticipated beauty. Signed and numbered (299/1250) and gorgeous. #PratchettPosse
Today is the end (finally!) of #NoBooksNovember, my self-imposed book buying ban. What better way to mark the occasion than the arrival of this much-anticipated beauty. Signed and numbered (299/1250) and gorgeous. #PratchettPosse
This is the most exciting email I've had for a while, I'm HarperCollins Reader of the Month! And free books couldn't be more welcome than now, in the midst of #NoBooksNovember.
A special #signedsunday this week to showcase my lovely deluxe collector's edition of Sigurd and Gudrún, a story that inspired so much of Tolkien's legendarium. It might not be signed my the great man himself but this is the next best thing. This book is almost solely responsible for #NoBooksNovember. I'll have l gaze upon its beauty whenever I'm feeling weak 😍😬
It's a thing of beauty. I was tempted to read it immediately but in saving it for the weekend so I can savour every word ❤❤❤
A brilliant multi-layered retelling and analysis of the Slavic myth of the hag-witch Baba Yaga. Ugresic rails against the treatment of women, particularly elderly women while also celebrating the power of their socially transgressive positions. It's clever, it's poignant, it's funny and it's angry. Its part Angela Carter and part Catherynne M Valente and @Kalalalatja I think it's right up your street if you haven't already read it!
There I was breathing a sigh of relief because there was nothing that particularly caught my eye on the Folio Society Christmas Collection. And then this landed...
Why, oh why can't they take pity on my poor bank balance? #foliofreaks #foliofriday