Lj Book Bingo Reading Game - L is for the Lost Journals of Benjamin Tooth

[byslantedlight]

This book was by way of light relief after On the Road! It's the story of a lad in the 1700s who makes a really rather incredible discovery - something he can't quite begin to describe using the "F" word, and so calls "sprites" instead. Benjamin is eleven years old when he starts writing his journal, and is determined to be the greatest scientist in the world so that he can marry the love of his life, Isabella. The trouble is, strange things begin getting in the way...

The other thing about this book is that it was written by Mackenzie Crook, of Detectorists fame (and Worzel Gummidge, and Pirates of the Carribbean, and Britannia, and The Office, and... *g*) I must confess that years before I'd ever heard of him, I bought The Windvale Sprites, which is sort of the sequel to this book (well, this book is it's prequel), and didn't actually manage to finish it, but Benjamin Tooth was good fun, and now that I'm more in a Crook mindframe, I shall read the original story again and see if it works better for me...

Comments

[keli]

That looks really good! I will have to try and find it here. Great job in covering another square!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was a fun little read. *g* I must try and finish the other three or four books I've had on the go too, and finally get their squares covered! Trouble is, they started to annoy me as I read, and so I was easily distracted...