rec(s) of the day

[astridv]

Here's an extremely well done animated trailer for a YA book. Looks fascinating:
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - book trailer

And I just read that the book was written after an idea by Siobhan Dowd, who wrote The London Eye Mystery which is just a wonderful book! I'd been meaning to rec it here, too. Dowd sadly died recently, before she could finish this book. (If anybody read A Monster Calls, don't spoil me; I plan to read it.)

and a climbing clip:
Awesome Ninja Warrior Bedroom
Sometimes I regret I no longer live in a room with a slanted ceiling. It would've been just perfect for a home bouldering wall.

Comments

[goodgriefcharlie]

No spoilers here, I just wanted to say that A Monster Calls is one of my absolute favorite books. The story is superb and uses that kind of gorgeous, seemingly effortless prose that is so hard to do well. Plus, it has these amazing illustrations that really add to the emotional intensity of the story. You definitely won't regret reading it!

[astridv]

Did you read Dowd's London Eye Mystery, too? I was leafing through that one when I was waiting to talk to an editor at a book fair, and I was so hooked right from the start that I didn't want to put it down again.

This one is still in the mail. I forgot how everything takes ages this time of year.

[goodgriefcharlie]

Not yet, but it's on my to read list. I'm always interested in books that show neurodiverse characters as actual people and don't shame them for their differences, and this one looks like it'll be a good one.

I've also had her Bog Child recommended to me. Are you familiar with it?

[astridv]

I'm always interested in books that show neurodiverse characters as actual people and don't shame them for their differences, and this one looks like it'll be a good one.


Yes! Her main character is autistic and I thought she did a brilliant job getting into his head and making the reader relate to him. And on top of that, the mystery plot is really satisfying as well.

I haven't read the other one yet but I put it on my to-read-eventually list.