Two book blogs to note

Here is a new blog on cult fiction by the poet and novelist Matthew Francis, and on the strength of the first entry it looks like being very interesting. I'd never heard of either this book, The Man on a Donkey, nor of the author, HFM Prescott, and the summary's fascinating. I especially like Matthew's observation "We read historical fiction not just to get a story, but to know what life must have been like for people in a remote time" which seems to me very true.

I like literary blogs on specific themes, and this looks like being a welcome addition - I'm looking forward to his next entry, on Riddley Walker. My other fave in this line is Tim Kendall's blog War Poetry, which ranges very widely and is never afraid to say just what it thinks.