Spike and Co, So hard to say, Wave Runners, Castle in the air, Dragonhaven, Buffy S8, Grand Sophie

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• Spike and Co. by Graham McCann. This is a biography of Associated London Scripts, a cosy professional nest of British humour in the 1950's but my heart goes to Spike Milligan (again) for his awful and amazing life. Utterly worthwhile.
• So hard to say by Alex Sanchez. Young maybe-gay boy coming of age story, gentle and well developed.
• The Wave Runners and The Shell Magicians by Kai Myer. Adventure on the high seas, with pirates, magic and mysterious men in capes. I didn't get into this and have not picked up book three but suspect it would appeal to pre-teen boys and girls.
• Castle in the air by Diana Wynne Jones. Re-reading, still funny!
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. The language in this is great. A toddler narrowly escapes being murdered by a dark man named Jack and is adopted by a cemetary of ghosts.
• Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley. I want to like this because I love many of her other works but the POV character irritated me a lot and the writing style I just could not get into. Young, socially isolated boy inherits baby dragon and raises her.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Issue 17 & 18 by Drew Goddard. Still in love.
• The Grand Sophie by Georgette Heyer. Re-reading, still one of the best out there.
• Gone Postal by Terry Pratchett. Re-reading, thoroughly enjoyable.