What did you read this year?
Kaethe’s
average rating for
2024
4.5
4.5
I had to put it down, because work and eating and such, but this just brought me so much joy. Kingfisher is so good at creating an outrageous fictive world in which people behave much more like real humans do. Very much more than I do, to take one example. The mix of horror, humor, and caper is beguiling.
Plus geese, and beautiful endpapers, and a really lovely cover that I can't stop admiring. Highly recommended for a Halloween read, or a gift t ...more
Plus geese, and beautiful endpapers, and a really lovely cover that I can't stop admiring. Highly recommended for a Halloween read, or a gift t ...more
29 December, 2024
This book is possibly more appealing to adults than kids, although asking kids for their ideas, before reading the book, would probably appeal to both. Santa is a topic about which I particularly enjoying hearing children theorize. But for me, (view spoiler) ...more
This book is possibly more appealing to adults than kids, although asking kids for their ideas, before reading the book, would probably appeal to both. Santa is a topic about which I particularly enjoying hearing children theorize. But for me, (view spoiler) ...more