....That’s what Deborah
Harkness wrote in my copy of her book. She is a lovely lady and I was more than
a little star stuck by her and her beautiful publicity team. So much so that I never asked her for any
advise on writing. It was a very busy day at work when she came into
Waterstones with nowhere near enough staff. I sheepishly held out the Waterstones
author signing book and chatting about the weather.
It’s been a very long time
since I posted anything on here and that can mainly be blamed on starting
work. It is wonderful being surrounded
by books and being able to talk about books all day. The people are interesting
and most of them are nice too.
Even though I’ve only been
working there a month I can’t remember what it’s like not to care about new
releases and ‘Super Thursdays’.
I’ve finally started
reading Northern Lights after stubbornly refusing to for around five years (I
think it had something to do with the film). It is an amazing book full of
magic but not in a fantastical way. I have no trouble believing that armoured
bears and daemons exist. There is a darkness
to the novel which I’ve rarely seen. Because
the fantasy is portrayed in such a realistic way the dangers feel all the more
real. It is not a dark creature pursuing the Lyra (the protagonist) but a
person of flesh and blood. I can’t wait to carry on reading.
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