Not so many updates in June, basically because of moving house and working very hard to finish the follow-up to The Knife of Never Letting Go (nearly there).  Knife had some very nice write-ups this past weekend, both in 'summer round-up' type-fashion.

The estimable Amanda Craig said it "stands out as special" in the Times on Saturday, which is very nifty indeed.  (For foreign readers thats the "Times of London" you always hear Claude Rains talk about in middle-era Hitchcock).  And on Sunday, the Independent called it "this year's sleeper hit" so again with the extreme niftiness.

Seriously, I don't put this up there because of runaway egomania, I'm as surprised as anyone.  If you could see my expression, you wouldn't doubt me.

So, nearly done with the follow-up (soon, people, soon) and looking for somewhere to go away to for a week to rest my overheated brain.  It's a good month for music, what with Seth Lakeman's new CD out today and Jim Moray (finally) releasing a new album in two weeks.  I'll be resting tunefully.