A talking mouse, a mysterious shop and a sinister ghost story feature in the Scottish children’s books of 2016, voted for by Scottish children.
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I loveThe Westing Game, so when I had the chance to read another Raskin book, I seized it. Sadly, I found that MDoL(IMN) lacked a lot of the charm of The Westing Game, leaving instead merely a rather clever puzzle. However, it did occur to me that Raskin is a nearly perfect recommendation for readers who have reached the end of the Lemony Snicket books and are sad there are no more.
Oh Christ on a crutch, would you LOOK at it - just LOOK at it.
It's magnificent; and I have one of those magpie minds that wants to know just what the fresh hell is GOING on with that hand-writing in differently-colored pens in the margins - and what is that compass-looking contraption for?
Don't tell me it might be bad; at this point, I hunger for anything even remotely out of the conventional when it comes to books. And, Christ, just what is going on with those handwritten notes in the margins oh god
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