My exploration of children’s literature which I couldn’t read as a child continues. Yesterday, I decided to pick up ‘The Kingdom by the Sea‘ by Robert Westall. The story is set in England during the Second World War. Harry lives with his parents and his younger sister. Every day the Germans send bombers and they […]

After reading two Eva Ibbotson books, I decided to read a third one, ‘The Secret of Platform 13‘. I’ll just reproduce the brief description of the story from the back cover of the book. I think I can’t improve on it. “Under Platform 13 at Kings Cross Station there is a secret door that leads […]

After reading ‘The Star of Kazan‘, I thought I’ll pick up another Eva Ibbotson book, ‘Journey to the River Sea‘. Maia is an orphan. Both her parents have passed away. But they’ve left her a good inheritance and so her life is comfortable. She is in boarding school but when the holidays arrive, she doesn’t […]

Many years back, I watched a movie called ‘Crimson Tide‘, which I liked very much. In the movie, the two main characters have a discussion about Lippizaner horses. So I did more research on Lippizaner horses. I read about books and movies that they were featured in. One of the books they were featured in […]

After reading two Peter Høeg books, I decided to read a third one, ‘The Woman and the Ape‘. An animal smuggler has an ape in his boat. It looks like a big chimpanzee. He is trying to smuggle it into London. But there is an accident and the ape escapes. It ends up in the […]