Binny Bewitched

I'd forgotten this was out until I saw it on the new releases shelf at the library. Wow. It's everything I've come to expect from Hilary McKay: brilliant characterization deftly done, entertaining and heartbreaking story, and the kind of prose you can't quite believe works because it just flows so r......more

This one took me a little bit to get into, but of course it ended up being sweet and wonderful and a good way to close my four day weekend in which I only did one or two things besides read. (And one of those was playing Gardenscapes.)......more

Is this among Hilary McKay's best books? Does it really rate five stars? I'm not sure. Perhaps yes, perhaps not. I'll probably know better when I reread it. All I know now is that I wish it had been at least five times longer, and I'm feeling sad because I have a gut feeling there won't be another b......more

Lovely! It felt a little more adult than the first two, perhaps because the constant money struggles felt so relatable, but I really really enjoy how Hilary McKay can just make you disappear into the child's POV, so even though you know distantly what's going on with the grown-ups, what's actually i......more