Thursday Next is the heroine of an alternative twentieth century world. A bold, courageous woman, she has returned from a military career in the Crimean War to take up a post as a Literary Detective. She has the ability to jump in and out of famous books and alarmingly, some of the charactersContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge : N is for Thursday Next #JasperFforde #BookCharacter”
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#AtoZChallenge : I is for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
I am not sure whether this book is as well known these days but it has to be included in my A to Z of favourite book characters. The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was heContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge : I is for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes”
#amreading The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman #FridayReads
“He smiled at Bradamant dazzlingly. Irene felt a little of the overspill of it, the burning surge of slavish desire and passionate adoration, and felt the brand across her back burn like raw ice in reaction. She also felt a quick burst of relief that apparently Silver hadn’t recognised her as a Library agent. She wasContinue reading “#amreading The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman #FridayReads”