Graceless Living

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 

I’m not crying you’re crying…

“Monsters are for babies, monsters are for bed wetters, Monsters are for…” well not this monster.

This monster is a combination of being completely terrifying yet powerfully moving. It creates a sense of immense power and has tender moments that lead to this story to its touching end. What an amazing, gripping story, I could not put it down from the moment I began. You become so attached and never know how the next chapter will start. 

Another weekend read, if it is raining and you are warm wrapped up on the sofa with a blanket and hot coffee this book will be your best friend.  It describes the heartbreaking emotional journey of a young boy, his sick mother and a monster that’s walked the earth since time began. It’s wonderfully written and a great children’s classic that you will be able to read and enjoy at any age.

If you have read A Monster Calls let me know what you thought?

Also you can check out my 20 Books for 2020 and good reads to keep up to date with what I am reading next: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/108913955-graceless-living 

Until next time!

20 books for 2020

1. Philip Pullman – The Subtle Knife
2. Patrick Ness – A Monster Calls
3. Barney Norris – Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain
4. Shirley  Jackson – Life Among the Savages
5. Madeline Miller – Circe
6. Jenni Murray – A history of Britain in 21 Women
7. Chris Kraus – I Love Dick
8. Carrie Hope Fletcher – All that she can see
9. Kathrine Arden – The Bear and the Nightingale
10. William Golding -The Lord of the Flies
11. E. M. Forster – Maurice
12. Philip Pullman – The Amber Spyglass
13. Alice Walker – The Colour Purple
14. Zadie Smith – On Beauty
15. Jennifer Worth – In the Midst of Life
16. Tim Winton – The Turning
17. Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
18. Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus
19. Matt Haig – How to Stop Time
20. Brandon Sanderson – Skyward