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

[nnozomi]

I think it's the book after this where Dido Twite first appears, and runs away with the series completely (well-deserved too). I haven't read this series in years (no physical copies on hand right now), but I remember adoring The Stolen Lake in particular. WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD but fascinating.

[luzula]

Thanks, I'll keep reading and see where it goes. : )