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#ififell #heyjune
A great read from a very talented author.

#GetMovin #Ghost
I definitely know I've raved about this book and posted about it in challenges before but trailing through my GR list i saw some books that would apply but the writing in this was so good I'm popping it up again.
The opening chapter is the ghosts of the owners of a house in Morecambe coming back to their home and they are a constant presence as their troubled dtr returns to the derelict property and the history is retold.

#MayLovesClassics #LitsyClassics #retelling
This was one of my books of 2016 based on the myth of Baucis and Philemon, (an old couple who allow a god into their home). I was chuffed to see the author with Andrew Hurley discussing the mystery of the north west coastal region in fiction - a brilliant read evoking the atmosphere vividly

Just started this audio book. Simon Savidge mentioned it on The Readers ages ago and I couldn't find it here in the US. Finally the audio book is available!

I had a hard time getting through Solar Bones, although the writing and sentiment was lovely. Now I'm behind my reading goal because I'm having trouble getting into this one as well. Am I in a reading slump? 😔

I was aware of the novel already, but Twitter put this short review from an Irish newspaper in front of me just now and I think it ties with a review by @batsy of another book for the two best book reviews I think I've ever read in my life! Just gorgeous prose in this review!

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/fell-by-jenn-ashworth-1.3146898?mode=am...

Fell is undoubtedly very very good, but also tremendously bittersweet. It reminded me very early on of Bernice Reubens' books like Five Year Sentence and I found it very hard to get past that. It is a story of small magics & ghosts but not at all in the way you'd expect.

It was a delicious honour to read early drafts of this gem written by my dazzling friend, Jenn. Next up on my TBR pile is the finished product, generating much buzz. FELL is a sorrowful, magical, and tender hearted book set in England's northwest. The Guardian has recently described it as, "Dark, compelling, beautifully written, Fell adds another powerful story to the mythology of our strange hinterlands." Shivery, haunting, and long-lingering.

Last night I had the joy of hosting Jenn Ashworth and we discussed her incredible fourth novel Fell. A tender, emotional novel about hauntings both of the living and the dead. She's a star in so many ways. You should all read this book.