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Kirsty Logan

Hello! I’m Kirsty Logan, a writer of novels and short stories. My latest work is the Audible Original The Sound at the End. My other books are Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales.

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Kirsty Logan

Hello! I’m Kirsty Logan, a writer of novels and short stories. My latest work is the Audible Original The Sound at the End. My other books are Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales.

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July Reads

2nd Aug 2015 in Books

JulyReads

I’ve been reading some truly wonderful books this summer. July was spent with circus mermaids, ghost-hunters, war orphans, millionaire madmen, and all the books of our childhoods. These were my favourites:

 

  • How to be a Heroine, Samantha Ellis – For anyone who grew up in books. I’m reading with Samantha at Wilderness festival next week, and I can’t wait to meet her.
  • Etta and Otto and Russell and James, Emma Hooper – Beautiful, magical, sad and uplifting. Also, Emma is one of the coolest people I’ve ever met (we just did an event together at West Cork Literary Festival).
  •  Remainder, Tom McCarthy – You know those books that make you see the world differently while you’re reading them? This is one of those.
  • Girl At War, Sara Novic – A harrowing story, beautifully told.
  • Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase, Jonathan Stroud – Excellent fun. Lovely prose, an engrossing story, and subtle world-building. Can’t wait to read the next one.
  • The Book of Speculation, Erika Swyler – Circuses, mermaids and gorgeously vivid descriptions. If you’re looking for something to read after The Gracekeepers, this is it.

 

What were your favourite reads in July?

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