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In fiction, Megan has picked out [[The Blade Artist by Irvine Welsh]], a thrilling return to the eloquently brutal world of Begbie, so long a tyrannical protector of the Trainspotting crew, now reformed, relocated and refocused. For fans of Welsh this bloody tour de force is a welcome addition to the vivid life of Francis Begbie aka Jim Francis, a criminal reformed, a visionary artist or the same old big bad Begbie with better PR? Megan loved the book and her only criticism is that it was over too quickly.
In non-fiction, Sue has chosen a niche book for you. Niche it might be, but it's an important topic. [[Choosing the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson]]. If you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and must have a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then have to live with the problems which might have been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. Pippa Mattinson is my Sue's go-to author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisions.
For confident readers and teens alike, John has picked out a graphic novel this month. Our character is a young lad at school, niggled at by many things. He's the last to be picked for sports – if at all. Nobody wants to sit with him in lunch break. The simple maths exam questions only seem set on tripping him up as much as the other kids do. And the niggles are also literal: it seems whenever he leaves a shadow, horrid floating blobby piranha type things are drifting out of the darkness and actually biting chunks out of him. What is the poor lad to do? [[Small Things by Mel Tregonning]] is a really quite lovely graphic novel, with not a word of dialogue or real text, that shows the powers of imaginative imagery in telling a story..
