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== June's News from Bookbag Towers ==
Hello there! We're writing this in the midst of World Cup fever. We don't mind a bit of football at .Bookbag Towers but we really don't get feverish about it. If you're the same, read on. We have plenty of reading recommendations for you and you might need them if all around you has gone Rio mad.
Here's a weird thing. Do you remember how much we loved [[The Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric]]? Well, ''in good news for bibliomaniacs and cannibals'' - their words not ours! - Harvard University has established that an infamous 19th century book really is bound in human skin. The Guardian will tell you all about it [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/06/tests-19th-century-book-bound-human-skin here]. Creepy, huh?
And on to to the new...
In fiction, Sam loved [[Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea]]. Life for a retired mercenary does not come any better than being the manager of a prestigious house of ill repute. Koko loves her life and her job, but once she kills a couple of her patrons everything is turned upside down. Shea has created a future world that appears to be very different from our own, but if you look closely enough it is really a darkly comic reflection of current life. It's action packed and humorous pulp science fiction at its best.