Journey to the River Sea: Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan, 2002)

I think I experienced this as a more scattered book than I did the first time around. I’ve now reached the Ibbotson children’s books I own on my rereading of her books. ( Read more... )

A Company of Swans: Eva Ibbotson

This was the first Eva Ibbotson book I read and it was published third, after ‘A Countess Below Stairs’ and ‘Magic Flutes’. ( Read more... )

This itty-bitty post is bought to you by there being no Olympics on TV for another four years. I expect that the people running it would want more attention to be given to heartwarming stories about sportsmanship rather than other, less ennobling things. And so I oblige ( Read more... )

I have been watching the Olympics, but to a much lesser degree than was the case in 2012, because of the time difference. It took me a little while to realise that I could catch some of the sports - there had been so much emphasis on how the premium athletics would be on in the wee small hours.

But after a couple of days, ( Read more... )

Looking back at the last ten posts, I see I've been writing about tennis and non-fiction books, which isn't very representative. I've read quite a few books that I could have reviewed here, but didn't for one reason or another. I say "summer" because it's quite chilly and not one of these books were read on a beach ( Read more... )

Another review having to be written because of the icon!?

A Company of Swans: Eva Ibbotson. Young Picador. 2008 reprint.

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