"The bitter taste, the hidden face of the lost forgotten child."

I'm back! Yesterday I spent the afternoon jetlagged on the couch, with my brain full of cotton, but today I feel a lot better. 8 hours by train are devastating. Then this morning I had my first cup of tea in ten days, I'm awake, I'm pumped! *jumps up and down, punches the air*

In less than a hour I'm leaving to get Sakura home from the cat-hotel, but first let me update very quickly the Reading Bingo:



For the "A Book With Non-Human Characters" square I chose Ramson Riggs' wonderful Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. I devoured the whole book in less than a day, it's absolutely addictive. Wonderful fluid prose, and a fascinating story about children with weird abilities, the Peculiar Children (hence the non-human square). The author is a collector of old photographs, and he wrote the story around his favourite photographs, writing the story from one photo to the next, breathing new life in these long-forgotten faces. It's a beautiful, beautiful idea. And what a great story it is! It can be gripping, truly scary, romantic, funny or heartbreaking, and everything flows perfectly. I can't praise it enough.

As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. (From the Goodreads website)

I'm already two thirds deep in the second book in the series, I can't put it down! \o/