Rob's Reader of the Week
Katy Burdock
As it’s Christmas week I wanted to do something a little different for this edition of Reader of the Week. Santa wasn’t available so in the spotlight is none other than an up-and-coming bibliophile who’s more than a little close to my heart, my 14 year old daughter Katy.
Have a great Christmas everyone!!
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Book Quote of the Week
"It looked like a panettone. A huge panettone that some giant had placed on the plain. It rose in front of us a couple of kilometres away. Golden and immense. The wheat covered it like a fur coat. There wasn't a tree, a crag, a blemish, to spoil its outline. The sky around it was liquid and dirty. The other hills, behind, were like dwarves compared to that huge dome."
I'm Not Scared - Niccolò Ammaniti
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