Dark Matter

My reading record fell by the wayside back in April. At that point I hit a bit of a slump and somehow didn't get back into recording what I read.

However recently I have been through a renaissance and read some wonderful stuff. A couple of which I mention here.

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver is a really gripping ghost story. A period piece, it is set in the Arctic just before the start of World War Two. It is full of threatening terror and not to be read late at night when you're home alone.

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan will be available in the UK in January. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a proof copy. It is a coming of age novel telling the story of a young Polish girl's experience of coming to the UK. 

It is written in blank verse which at first I thought I wouldn't be able to cope with, but it is as intimate as a diary and absolutely compelling reading. 

I heartily recommend both these books. The photograph is of a tree I pass on my daily walks and I thought I'd put it in here to add a bit of atmosphere.

 

Comments

[Toffeeapple]

Those both sound very sad, I don't think I'd cope well with that. I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for reading just lately. I put Middlemarch on my Kindle and so far have read just 8% of it in a week, not like me at all!

[Miriam Weaver]

The photo works very well with the book titles. I hope to get a kindle for Christmas/ Birthday so I'll look out for those two books, hopefully someone will remember to get me a voucher too.....

[Magic Cochin]

I love the tree photo!

Celia