Catching up here on books I read during the first few weeks of January. The Book of Lost Things is by a thriller writer with whom I'm basically unfamiliar, John Connolly. Apparently he wrote Every Dead Thing, something I've also never heard of, but it's how he's cited on Amazon.com. Looks like he likes the word "thing" in a title.
So, anyway, this book is a fantasy and I must admit that what drew me to it was it's cover, which is this very beautiful cut-paper looking thing in deep blue and gold and white. And what it's actually about is a boy in war-torn England who accidentally crosses over to a magic realm where an evil crooked man is trying to do something very evil. Of course, very reminiscent of Narnia, but much darker and certainly more graphically violent, as one might expect from a thriller writer. I enjoyed it enough that I found myself looking forward to the subway ride in the mornings so I could get to it.
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