Fairly common question but what better question is there for a first blog post? A friend asked me to choose 7 books from my bookshelf the other day and challanged me to write a sentence as to why I chose each. Here goes . . . Gormenghast Dark enticing tone, richly weaved at the backdrop of writing’s most compelling antihero. The Tale of Desperaux The ultimate romantic tale of a hero overcoming all odds to save the day, and the hero is a mouse! Peter Pan The classic tale of ne