The first question I had when reading about Carol Anne Riddell and John Partilla, who inconveniently fell in love when both were married to other people, is why they would want to share the inflammatory story with the world.
That's what Ilove about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book.
Comedian Shappi Khorsandi, part of a judging panel that includes last year's winner Philip Ardagh and awards founder Michael Rosen, said the quality of books "reminded me how I came to lovereading in the first place".
Immediately upon finishing Great House, I felt I had to read History of Loveand counted the days until my vacation, when I would finally have a few blissful evenings of reading for pleasure.