@joannechocolat bliss ❤️ Thank you so much for #Shedvent. It has been a really special one x

Final day of #Shedvent: And today, your team of reindeer take you to the top of a mountain at dawn. High above the ring of clouds, the air is cold and crystalline; the light is almost unbearably clear, and the silence rings a perfect note of peace. Perfect peace.

Day 23 of #Shedvent: Through thickly-falling snow, you arrive in a place you recognize. It's your dearest, fondest memory of Christmases past, untouched by time; now here for you to revisit for as long as you choose to stay...

Day 23 of #Shedvent: Through thickly-falling snow, you arrive in a place you recognize. It's your dearest, fondest memory of Christmases past, untouched by time; now here for you to revisit for as long as you choose to stay...

Day 22 of #Shedvent: After a day of adventures with the fictional friends of your childhood, you return to your transport, which bears you away across the snowy mountains, past ice caves, under arches of snow and over swathes of forest, towards the penultimate leg of your trip...

Day 22 of #Shedvent: After a day of adventures with the fictional friends of your childhood, you return to your transport, which bears you away across the snowy mountains, past ice caves, under arches of snow and over swathes of forest, towards the penultimate leg of your trip...

On the back of today's #Shedvent from @joannechocolat I had to go online and buy another copy of my favourite childhood book because I desperately want to read it again.
The Conjuror's Box by Ann Lawrence is magical and mysterious and filled with peril and wonder.

@joannechocolat The Little Grey Men Go Down the Bright Stream. I was captivated by the sense of the world changing and a band of friends adapting to survive. It was sad but hopeful, nerve-wracking but exciting. I read it 30 years on from its original publication. I imagine, another 45 years on, it would still strike a chord.
#Shedvent #Books

@joannechocolat
'Heritage of the Star' by Sylvia Engdahl. Found a battered copy in the school library when I was about 8 or 9 and was obsessed with it. Fantastic plot. I wanted to be both rebel and Scholar. It was my introduction to sci-fi (and to problem-solving and ethical decision-making, too, now I think about it!) I found the sequels as an adult, which are okay, but nothing matches that childhood reading experience.
#scifi #books #shedvent #reading #novels

Day 21 of #Shedvent: You find yourself immersed in the world of your favourite childhood book. All the characters are here to welcome you; old friends, brought to life from the pages. Which book do you choose?

Day 21 of #Shedvent: You find yourself immersed in the world of your favourite childhood book. All the characters are here to welcome you; old friends, brought to life from the pages. Which book do you choose?

Day 20 of #Shedvent: You approach a line of booksellers' stands, with books of all kinds on display; cloth and silk and leather-bound, with titles picked out in gold leaf, and fanned or painted edges. You pick one up, and find yourself transported to a different place...

Day 20 of #Shedvent: You approach a line of booksellers' stands, with books of all kinds on display; cloth and silk and leather-bound, with titles picked out in gold leaf, and fanned or painted edges. You pick one up, and find yourself transported to a different place...

I don’t think I can more strongly recommend @joannechocolat ‘s #Shedvent . Just sublime.

Day 19 of #Shedvent: Touching the bauble, you find yourself transported to Paris' Left Bank: a dusting of snow on the pavements; garlands of fairy lights on the trees. A café stands open just nearby, and a scent of freshly-baked croissants drifts over on the bright, crisp air...

Day 19 of #Shedvent: Touching the bauble, you find yourself transported to Paris' Left Bank: a dusting of snow on the pavements; garlands of fairy lights on the trees. A café stands open just nearby, and a scent of freshly-baked croissants drifts over on the bright, crisp air...

@joannechocolat yay #shedvent is here! Xxx

Day 17 of #Shedvent: Waking to a fresh fall of snow, clean clothes and a breakfast of freshly-ground coffee, hot buttered rolls, wild honey and cloudberry preserves, you resume your journey, passing over the mountains towards a new destination...

Day 17 of #Shedvent: Waking to a fresh fall of snow, clean clothes and a breakfast of freshly-ground coffee, hot buttered rolls, wild honey and cloudberry preserves, you resume your journey, passing over the mountains towards a new destination...

Day 16 of #Shedvent: Tired from your journey, you sleep in a bed of warmest, softest eiderdown, in a hall in which the ice-blue walls are carved with beautiful designs of dolphins, whales and sea horses, and where a chandelier of ice hangs from the lofty ceiling...