Tag: J.M. Barrie
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Bookweek Day 3: Why are all the best fantasy writers British?
I don’t have much time today, so this post will be pretty short, but here goes: Why are all the best fantasy writers British? I made a list the other day. J.M. Barrie, C.S. Lewis, Diana Wynne Jones, J.R.R. Tolkien, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, and Susanna Clarke are/were all British. Eva Ibbotson and Robin McKinley…
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Ten Books that have Stayed With Me in Some Way
In no particular order, the 10 that popped into my head are: 1. Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie Picture credit: http://giacobino.deviantart.com/ 2. The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins It was a bit of a serendipity, the way I came to read and love this book. It happened like this: I was 19 years old and living…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 