My favorite thing about it was that the language and imagery was rich and fully matched to the world within the book – a detail that shows care and creativity on the part of the author. The story was original and haunting and reading it reminded me of reading A Curse Dark As Gold in that it was a ghost story unlike any other. Interesting that both were edited by the same editor… I can only hope that Plain Kate goes on to win the William Morris just like Curse did as it deserves it!

My first update is to share that I’m pregnant and expecting my first child in November! Husband and I are very excited and nervous and all those other feelings that come with such a life changing event. Fortunately, I’ve been able to distract myself by building a book collection for the little one. Or at least that’s what I tell myself when I bring home yet another treasure… “It’s for the baby!”