Tis my very favourite time of the year again and this year I have a surprise for you all. As you know, I have been largely absent from writing content for The Book Gryffin for the last few months. You, my dear readers, have been informed and entertained by my wonderfully talented and well read [...]
The latest and greatest of delightful and poignant offerings from legend Morris Gleitzman, does not, disappoint! (As if that is even possible!) I adored Too Small To Fail- Morris Gleitzman. The protagonist of this particular novel, like his predecessors, is endearing, adorable and utterly loveable. My arms still ache with the need to give this [...]
Have you ever been so drawn to someone, that even the knowledge that they will never love you as much as you love them, cannot deter you from being irrevocably drawn to them? The knowledge that the only possible result for you, will amount to a world of pain from which you might never recover, [...]
I miss Tom. Actually I miss them all. These beautiful, broken and damaged people (excepting Frankie, no damage there) I miss the whole medley of characters Marchetta has given us in her latest novel, The Piper’s Son. Even Stani. Especially Ned. It is not uncommon for me to ‘love’ fictional characters. Take them into my [...]
