Posts Tagged: Margaret Mahy

On being haunted

I don’t really read ghost stories. As a child, I didn’t like to be scared, and at sleepovers I would always be the girl begging the other girls to stop telling scary stories. I actually don’t know if I have

On being haunted

I don’t really read ghost stories. As a child, I didn’t like to be scared, and at sleepovers I would always be the girl begging the other girls to stop telling scary stories. I actually don’t know if I have

On bookish activities

Now, I know that I said that I wouldn’t buy any more books until Christmas, but, really, it wasn’t my fault! I went to visit a friend in Port Lincoln over the weekend, and she took me to her local

On bookish activities

Now, I know that I said that I wouldn’t buy any more books until Christmas, but, really, it wasn’t my fault! I went to visit a friend in Port Lincoln over the weekend, and she took me to her local

On hip and cool language

So I caved and decided to read The Mark of Athena (although I did read the third Series of Unfortunate Events in between finishing The Changeover and starting The Mark of Athena, which took all of an hour and a half). Now, I enjoy Rick Riordan’s books,

On hip and cool language

So I caved and decided to read The Mark of Athena (although I did read the third Series of Unfortunate Events in between finishing The Changeover and starting The Mark of Athena, which took all of an hour and a half). Now, I enjoy Rick Riordan’s books,

On hung-up books

A few weeks ago, a workmate at the bookshop asked me what my ‘hung-up book’ was. I didn’t know what she meant. She explained that a ‘hung-up book’ is one that you turn to, again and again, whenever you are

On hung-up books

A few weeks ago, a workmate at the bookshop asked me what my ‘hung-up book’ was. I didn’t know what she meant. She explained that a ‘hung-up book’ is one that you turn to, again and again, whenever you are

On choosing books by lucky dip

This has been my week off between ending at the bookshop and starting at the Fringe, and it has been a lovely opportunity to read a great deal. Today I finished Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, and started and finished Word Hunters: The Curious

On choosing books by lucky dip

This has been my week off between ending at the bookshop and starting at the Fringe, and it has been a lovely opportunity to read a great deal. Today I finished Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, and started and finished Word Hunters: The Curious