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#LOVEOZYA :: When Days Tilt by Karen Ginnane
What is Karen Ginnane’s When Days Tilt about? It’s 1858, and there are two queens on the throne. Victoria reigns over London, the biggest city the world has ever known. But London has a secret shadow city, called Donlon, where another queen, the Green Witch, rules her own domain – time. London is in turmoil. The Thames is at the height of the Great Stink; a blazing comet is searing the sky; technology is moving so fast it seems otherworldly; and the city is exploding with more people than it can hold. Darwin is about to publish his theory of evolution and humanity’s very place in the world is in…
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Currently Reading :: When Days Tilt :: Karen Ginnane
I started a new book today, and I’m already enjoying it so much that I had to put it down for a sec to tell you about it! When Days Tilt is Karen Ginnane’s debut novel, and the first in her Time Catcher series. It’s historical fiction fantasy for teens and it grabbed me right from the prologue. Here’s the blurb from the Penguin website. It’s 1858, and there are two queens on the throne. Victoria reigns over London, the biggest city the world has ever known. But London has a secret shadow city, called Donlon, where another queen, the Green Witch, rules her own domain – time. London is…
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Review :: The Place on Dalhousie :: Melina Marchetta
Despite having a special place in my book-loving heart for Melina Marchetta since reading Looking for Alibrandi as a teenager, I hadn’t read any of her other books until her adult crime/thriller novel Tell the Truth Shame the Devil was released last year. When that one came out I went with a friend to see her talk about it at a local book store (Muse – Canberra friends if you haven’t been yet you must check it out – they have the best events!). She was absolutely wonderful at the event, so I was thrilled to see that she would be back again with another new release this year. I…
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Review :: Washington Black :: Esi Edugyan
Today I’m revisiting another review I wrote for the Bookish Escape Crate blog on Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, which was the book included in the September crate. I loved this one, and it has remained one of my favourite books this year. *** I knew pretty much nothing about the September Bookish Escape Crate book – Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black – when I first picked it up, except that it was on the 2018 Man Booker longlist (and has since been shortlisted), and the cover is divine (I adore a foil detailed cover!) This is one of my favourite things about a subscription book like this – that it often…
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Great Expectations (but not Dickens)
Ok, nobody panic – I havn’t taken up reading the classics (though, honestly, I would love to read more classics, but I just seem to never get to them!). Rather, I’ve been thinking about the way we sometimes go into a book with particular expectations, and the impact this can have on our reading experiences. The thing that got me thinking about this was Whistle in the Dark, by Emma Healey, which we read for book club at my local Harry Hartog this month and met to discuss last night. At the start of our discussion almost everyone said this had been a bit of a disappointing read, and as…
