Busy time at the moment. This morning I went to introduce myself as Patron of Reading to Dalton St Mary's Primary school and to be videoed for my review. We are having a challenge ending on World Book Day to choose the best reviews by the children. (I do hope someone reviews one of my books).
The book I reviewed is a favourite one of my daughters and me too, "The big big sea" by Martin Waddell and Jennifer Eachus. We used to read it frequently and both have happy memories of it. It's a beautiful book, with attractive and carefully drawn illustrations. I love pictures and these are the best! They remind me of my daughter at that age and the pictures of the bay look just like the coast looking towards Black Combe. The story is short but happy, it's about making memories and sharing special times. Something to look back on and share. I never tire of this book and have already shared it with my grandson.
Happy new year to you all! I hope you had a great Christmas. I have been busy with one thing and another and have some exciting news to share with you. I have been commissioned to write a pictorial history of Barrow-in-Furness by Amberley Publishers, this will be published later in 2016.
So its back to almost normal. Who was lucky enough to receive some books for Christmas? It wouldn't be a good Christmas for me without receiving books and I'm glad to say that I did get books; ten in fact!
I have read two so far and hope to dig into the others very soon. It made me think, I wondered what books you received if any? Please do tell me by posting a comment below!
I was given "Career of Evil" by Robert Galbraith-or JK Rowling to you! She uses this pseudonym for her adult series of detective Cormoran Strike and I like them just as much as "Harry Potter.
A really special pair of books I received was an antique leather bound set of the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. These are rather old fashioned classic novels about characters and events in history; such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy. The print is tiny and they smell a bit musty but they are real books with their own story, even before I read them. "Who owned them? Where did they come from? What happened to their owner? Hang on! I think there is a story here!
