The Fantasy book of the month for June 2010 is “Griffin’s Castle” by Jenny Nimmo (first published in 1994).
Content
Dinah hopes the new home provided by Gomer Gwynne will be a fresh start for her and her mother. She dreams it is a castle, imagines bedrooms with four poster beds, a drawing room with a glittering chandelier, exquisitely decorated for Christmas. But Gomer has given them a crumbling house, with no central heating, faulty electricity — a condemned building. He sees Dinah as a little girl, wants to get her out of the way to take her mother out drinking and dining. Alone, angry, Dinah has no idea of the force she can unleash. From the castle in the city, a stone lioness leaps off the wall and comes to Dinah’s garden, followed by a bear, followed by a wolf. The savage animals protect the house, protect Dinah, but at a price…
About the book
Jenny Nimmo is from Windsor, but lives in Wales nowadays. Her first book was published in 1974, and she has written almost two dozen books since then. She has her own website with lots of information.
Where to get the book
You can get it at every book shop and of course at Amazon (look out for deals on the marketplace) in several paperback editions (e.g. Mammoth 1995, Egmont Books 2002) and at least one hardcover edition (Orchard Books 2007). If you buy the book at Waterstone’s in Cardiff (2a The Hayes), they’ll give a 10% discount if you mention the reading group and have a Waterstone’s loyalty card.
Other suggested books
This month’s long list was:
- “The Steel Remains” by Richard Morgan
- “Reave the Just and Other Tales” by Stephen Donaldson
- “Summer Castle” by ??? (“Summers at Castle Auburn” by Sharon Shinn???)
The short list for this month consisted of these books:
- “Waking Dream” by Rhiannon Lassiter
- “Griffin’s Castle” by Jenny Nimmo
- “Best Served Cold” by Joe Abercrombie
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