The Owl Service centres on three young people (I'm guessing maybe fifteen years old?) living in an ancient house in Wales. Alison owns the house; Roger is her stepbrother, Gwyn is the housekeeper's son. One day, they find a stack of plates in the attic, a dinner service with an owl pattern on it. In...
I’ve had a week off, and in that time, I’ve been reading. I thought I’d set the tone for 2016 by kicking off with reviews of the books I’ve read over the last week. The Old Magic of Christmas, Linda Raedisch. A book exploring myths, legends and folk practice from Germanic and Scandinavian countrie...
I was given this as a present from an aunt many years ago, and now in my 50s it has been re rad so many times,I have had to re buy it,, Great story, creepy, with a little humour,,
New Review! RED SHIFT by Alan Garner http://tinyurl.com/n72mwwk Someone needs to sit down in front of me, and slowly using small words and enunciating clearly, explain why Alan Garner isn't as heralded for innovation and boundary-stretching as the Navel-Gazing Gang of the 1990s. This book is *...
A short novel very loosely based on the experiences of William Buckley, a British man transported to Australia who lived among the Aborigines there. It's an impressive piece of literature; but the ways in which Garner's tale differs from the historical events is very illuminating of Garner's concern...
Thanks to some perceptive reviewers on goodreads I'm giving this one another look after it whooshed over my head the first time. I'm reading the 1973 hardback edition without Garner's introduction. This is one of those books that needs context for its three stories.Updated: I got far more out of the...
I may have read this a long time ago. Or maybe I am imagining it. I've loved Alan Garner's books since I was a kid so it makes sense that at some point I might have tracked this down and read it. But the book is all about how unreliable reality is, so is it just my head messing with me? Maybe. The p...
Roland, one of four bored siblings exploring Manchester, watches his sister and brothers disappear one by one into a ruined church. Following them, he finds himself thrust into the ruined world of Elidor, frantically trying to find either siblings, or anyone, anything, not colourless and broken.Thi...
I wanted to read this because for some reason it sounded familiar. Maybe I watched the TV series a long time ago, I cannot remember. I think I might have started the book once but I don't think I ever finished it. Or if I did I have totally forgotten it.I found it rather lacking in magic, for a book...
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