Michael Finn's Blog – June 2011 Archive (3)
War Horse
I was drawn to this book after seeing the life-sized horse puppets in the theatrical version of War Horse. Former UK Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo usually has an entire shelf… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on June 26, 2011 at 6:31pm — No Comments
Deceiver
Writing a review for the 11th book of a beloved series, nearly two decades in the reading is probably not the most useful thing I could be doing with my time. If you've got to book 10 I doubt you are going to need much prodding from me to pick this one up. But I love this series too much not to want to just tuck the book away and move on without getting a few words about it out of… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on June 25, 2011 at 6:34am — No Comments
The Observations
The heroine, and faithful scribe, of this tale is one Bessy Buckley, or so she introduces herself. She's a young Irish girl, running away from a mother who has ruthlessly exploited her from an early age. She arrives at a ramshackle mansion, somewhere near Edinburgh, where she is taken on as a housemaid… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on June 12, 2011 at 7:34pm — No Comments
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