Recent reading

[luzula]

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (1962)
This was a quite enjoyable children's adventure! But, having been promised alternate history and bizarre Hanoverian plots, I do feel a bit cheated--maybe those bits are in the sequels? The only really bizarre thing in this book is the unexplained presence of packs of supernaturally dangerous wolves in 19th century Britain (how do ordinary people and their livestock survive, I wonder? surely they don't all live in caves with geese like Simon?). Also, "Miss Slighcarp" is a delightful name for a villain.

Comments

[regshoe]

That sounds like an enjoyably random alternate history! What is the plot about, if not bizarre Hanoverians?

[luzula]

It's about a robust and intrepid girl called Bonnie (her father indulgently says "girls will be girls!" at her antics) and her more timid cousin Sylvia. They are involved in adventures when Bonnie's parents go away on a trip and an evil governess called Miss Slighcarp takes over the house.

[regshoe]

Aww, that sounds a good set-up for adventures—and the promise of more weirdness in later books is also good :D *adds to to-read list*