The Graveyard Book

I have spent a most enjoyable Saturday afternoon in the company of Bod - better known as Nobody Owens of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman I began reading on Friday evening and a little more each day since - everytime I put it down to see to something else I felt cheated. I could easily have devoured this in one sitting if I'd had the available time.

Bod is brought up by the residents of a graveyard after being the sole survivor of a murderers' rampage on his family. He needs to stay inside the graveyard as the danger still lurks outside from the murderer, the man Jack, so we travel with him on various adventures within and without the graveyard railings.

A fabulously imaginative novel that I would like to see come alive in film - rare for me as I rarely enjoy the films once I've read the book. This is certainly an escapist read, I would have like to have read this as a youngster, it's most certain to inspire any child to read more. I shall now be looking to read more Gaiman - American Gods being my next in line from this imaginative writer.

Baking Therapy

Firstly apologies for my absence here, it's been all work and no blogging this week. I've been happy in my creating though and sales are good at the moment which always boosts my creativity. I've managed to squeeze in some baking this week - below is my version of chocolate brownie, first attempt. It came out surprisingly well, little crispy on the outside with a gorgeously gooey centre and was devoured by my girls with whipped cream - so thumbs up to that one. Then I made a batch of bread rolls - I love to bake bread, it's so therapeutic. These too went down well. It's always worth it when the goods get eaten the same day.



Books have been arriving in the post! I've managed to have 10 mins of buying time on eBay and have bagged myself about 5 for my TBR pile. Current read is the magnificent The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - a totally entertaining read and am hoping to find time to finish it this weekend, so far SUPERB. Others in the pile include Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - looking forward to some serious reading time this weekend. Who knows, it may even be in the garden if we are lucky enough to glimpse the sun down in Kent!

I don't know if I should even dare to publish a post today as my spelling on Twitter has been terrible today - so here goes, I have checked and double checked :-)