THE NEVER-ENDING BOOK STORY

The clocks have gone back and the nights are drawing in. As darkness descends, an eerie fog seeps through the moonlit streets and a dank chill sets in... It's All Hallow's Eve and if you're anything like me you'll be desperate to settle down with a spooky novel to lose yourself in.  As part of their Hallowe'en Takeover, I've been reading The Lost Ones by Anita Frank for HQ Stories . What better day to publish a tale of a house haunted by its past than Hallowe'en itself?! This book is out TODAY! The story is set towards the end of WW1. Our protagonist, Stella, is struggling to come to terms with the sudden loss of her fiance on the battlefield in France. Stella receives a visit from her brother-in-law, Hector, who tells he he is concerned about Stella's sister Madeleine. She is staying with Hector's mother at the family home - an imposing and somewhat ostentatious mansion called Greyswick. Hector is worried about Madeleine becoming incre

This time I've been reading 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari.  I wanted to read something that gave some background and meaning (not to mention some positivity) about some of the major problems facing society today. When I switch on the news or listen to the radio and it all seems very bleak out there. Climate change, Brexit, rising knife crime rates in the UK, endless gun crime in the US, Trump. The list goes on. In my previous post, I wrote about The Last by Hanna Jameson (check it out below if you've not already done so!) which is set in the immediate aftermath of a nuclear war which decimates most of human civilisation. It sometimes feels like we are edging closer to this becoming a reality - almost by accident in some ways. We've become too complacent about the issues that affect us all and we're on a pathway to self-destruction because too many people don't believe it could ever happen. So, is there anything we can do to stop ourselv