I found this in a charity shop, not realising that Victoria Schwab wrote children's as well as adult books. But no one is ever too old to read a children's book, and this one is excellent. Cass is a likeable narrator, and her quirky parents are great characters. The basic premise that she can travel to the between world of ghosts is interesting and well carried through, and when the real and shadow worlds intertwine it is positively scary. An enjoyable fun read.

Took a false start and a restart, but I'm glad I persisted with this. Of course, reading it isn't the right way to consume it: I need to watch it. The tension is there on the page though; the flawed characters, I felt sympathy, exasperation, anger, despair. I'm nit sure "enjoy" is the right word, but I'm glad I read it.

A lovely book which I've read many times and will never get tired of. A wonderful cast of characters, headed by the matriarch of the family, Lucilla, who always gets her way, but somehow still commands the love and obedience of her adult children and grandchildren. Wonderful descriptions of the family house of Damerosehay and the surrounding countryside, a lovely historical backstory, a ghost or two. a love story. What's not to love?

Love this series. The atmosphere of Montmartre in the weeks leading up to Christmas is perfectly described, and the characters are wonderful, from the leads (Vianne, Anouk, Rosette and Roux) to the glorious villain you love to hate, Zozie, to the large cast of supporting characters (I particularly like Nico and Alice). Zozie is a truly wicked horrible person, but she is fascinating, and even having read this before, I was scared she might somehow win in the end.
The audio version is amazing, with Juliet Stephenson perfectly capturing Vianne, Zozie and Anouk who all take turns as narrator.

I hesitate to call this book inspiring because Haben does not want to be seen that way, merely as someone living her life as she can. As a disability advocate, she works for society to change so that everyone can do just that. Told in a series of vignettes, it is a quick and interesting read.

I read this in a day, and it's a long time since I've done that! Amazing character-driven book flashing to and fro in time between the dystopian post-pandemic world to the previous days, interweaving the stories of a diverse cast of characters. Some bits were a bit close to home - at one point I literally had to walk away, because what if Covid-19 was like this? Horrible as it is, it could have been so much worse. The language was beautiful; the connections between the characters didn't seem contrived at all; the whole thing was haunting. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.

This is an interesting story dealing with the reality of what we see and hear, and how memories and changed - and maybe even verified - by how we remember them. In a world where everything is online, are experiences real if they are not? How can we be sure that what we remember is true? How can we know that what we see and hear is true even as we experience it? I enjoyed the fact that so many in this brave new world were willing to pay a lot to own artefacts from the time before; it was a nice touch of irony. The ending was ambiguous and slightly abrupt, and left me wanting more.

What's not to love about David Attenborough narrating anecdotes from his life interspersed with fascinating facts? By turns interesting, enlightening, funny (his adventures with rats, which he hates are hysterical). Wonderful.