The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like popcorn. Whether a book is action-packed or not, all I need are well-written prose and quirky, fabulous characters to keep me going.

Please come back soon. The window is always open.

Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.

God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something.

There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.

It is so hard trying to say what you mean.