I remember reading this when I was in high school for one of our classes and I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen the film. This time I had to reread this for one of my degree modules. It was just as heartbreaking, possibly more so as you knew what the ending was going to bring. The little phrases about Bruno and Shmuel planning to…
I feel like I'm now going to have to read all of Cressida Cowell's books, they're just all so sweet. If I was ever going to liken a book to a hug it'd be this one. It just made me so happy. The names of the characters were great too, I can imagine them tickling a middle grade reader...they certainly fit the Viking theme. However, I didn't love…
Big thank-you to 5 Get Bookish for sending this over! This series just makes me smile. It's so sweet and pure...even though theres evil witches and all that. The second book of the Wizards of Once series has everything that the first had, and more besides. Cressida has expanded the world both geographically and also in regards to both the lore and rules. We see Wish, Xar and…
I started reading this series in preparation for an event that has now been postponed...however I'm so happy I read this. It was quite possibly the sweetest little book ever. I adored the illustrations, which Cressida does herself as well as the writing, as if that wasn't already a mammoth task. I always find it a little difficult to review middle grade because a lot of what I…
It's no secret I love anything related to fairytales. From Disney to Angela Carter I can't get enough of these cautionary tales we're spoon fed from birth. One that only recently I've read a version of was The Twelve Dancing Princesses, in Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson of all places and I was captivated by that version. It's definitely in a similar vein as Angela Carter. When…