Reasons to be Cheerful

Two, in fact, to make up for my grumpy post.

Charles Lambert’s The Scent of Cinnammon and Elizabeth Baines’ Balancing on The Edge of the World arrived a little while ago, and I am enjoying them both a huge amount.
I’ve been spending more time with Elizabeth’s book (it was slimmer and easier to slip into my coat pocket the other day) and, I’ll be honest, I really don’t want it to end. Sometimes books are just right, they feel right, and when you read them it’s almost as though they’re singing to you. And Balancing on the Edge of the World is just one of those. I’m only half way through but I’ve already found two (maybe three) stories that’ll go on my favourites of all time list.
So there. Two definite reasons to be cheerful.

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Nik Perring is a short story writer, author, teacher of writing, and editor from the UK. His books include the widely celebrated Not So Perfect (Roastbooks, 2010), and A Book of Beautiful Words (2014). He co-wrote Freaks! (TFP/HarperCollins 2012), and A Book of Beautiful Trees is out in 2015.

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  1. Oh yes, both are totally stunning and very different. I haven’t finished Charles’ yet for that very reason… can’t bear to let it go! I had to finish Elizabeth’s because I am interviewing her on my blog… but she has a new book coming out later in the year, so that’s ok πŸ™‚ Glad you are feeling a bit less grumpy.

  2. Nik, I don't know how, but I missed this post at the time – I think I was just so busy with my book tour to be reading much on the web, but I didn't even get an Google alert either – until today! I'm so very very glad you liked the book. Had wondered what you thought… And thank you for writing that you did.

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