Yvonne Marjot Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Yvonne Marjot

The first of many joys in my brand new copy of The Fall of Númenor. From one of Tolkien's letters: "The [story] cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama." Permission from the heart of the story. https://t.co/Mb2qTRa1bH

Yvonne Marjot

I'm no closer to deciding. Should I reread Laurie King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series? Or Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody? Help me #Christmas Twitter. https://t.co/8W5mEfaD9C https://t.co/XP05QmAWU0

Yvonne Marjot

For #WorldBookDay here I am in 7 books (series) Tolkien's Middle Earth oeuvre Le Guin's Earthsea Robin Hobb's Assassin/Liveship series Uprooted by Naomi Novak The Faded Sun trilogy by C.J. Cherryh Reamde by Neal Stephenson Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. https://t.co/1boSv320fz

Yvonne Marjot

@SeaGoatScreams @bjohnsonauthor @neilhimself I love Nation. My favourite of all Pratchetts. My fave Neil Gaiman is The Ocean at the End of the Lane, in part because it reminds me of a short story that gave me nightmares as a child and that I can neither remember nor get completely out of my head.

Yvonne Marjot

@JenDragonRose That's a gorgeous edition of the Red Fairy Book. I cut my teeth on Andrew Lang - the mobile librarian brought me a new one every week.

Yvonne Marjot

...has echoes of Victorian writers who must have influenced Tolkien's own childhood. There's a subtler version of the moralising of Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies & George Macdonald's The Princess & the Goblin. C S Lewis has trod here. And always JRRT's signature wry humour. https://t.co/q53FQH3CaI

Yvonne Marjot

@bertsbooks In solidarity with some librarians in the US, I'm reading a swag of Nora Roberts thriller/romances. I'm also reading Islands of the Evening by Alistair Moffat, to cleanse my palate. It's about the history of all the different monastic lineages in the west of Scotland. https://t.co/3wj9JBWz7r

Yvonne Marjot

@JenDragonRose That's a gorgeous edition of the Red Fairy Book. I cut my teeth on Andrew Lang - the mobile librarian brought me a new one every week.

Yvonne Marjot

2023, My Reading Diary: a 🧵 My 1st 2023 tweet is about books. (Surprise!) It's 7.25am on Jan 1 & I'm sitting in bed reading Francis Pryor's Scenes from Prehistoric Life, 2021 (thanks @casmullbetaread). A well-written guide to the sweep of British History from a trusted expert. https://t.co/8C9TTWfPct

Yvonne Marjot

@SeaGoatScreams @bjohnsonauthor @neilhimself I love Nation. My favourite of all Pratchetts. My fave Neil Gaiman is The Ocean at the End of the Lane, in part because it reminds me of a short story that gave me nightmares as a child and that I can neither remember nor get completely out of my head.