When I need a new book to read, I generally go to my library’s website and see what I have on my TBR list, and what from that list is available to check out. Sometimes I put a lot of thought into it, and other times I’ll just grab something that sounds okay. Such was the case with The Stranger Game, and it was just about exactly what I thought it might be–okay. When she was 11, Nico’s older sister Sarah, who was 15 at […]
Tales of the Unexpected
If you weren’t a British telly viewer in the 80’s, you’d be forgiven if you were under the impression that Roald Dahl was solely a children’s author. But those of us who watched Tales of the Unexpected (and have had the opening theme tune stuck in our heads ever since) will also be familiar with him as the author of a wealth of short stories, often adapted for said show and all with the unsettling undertones that also ran through his children’s books. This book, […]