Title: A Perfect Universe: Ten Stories Writer: Scott O’Connor Publishing House: Gallery/Scout Press Date of Publication: February 13th 2018 Rating: 5 stars One of the strongest traits of Contemporary American Literature is the Short Story. A genre that can be more touching and powerful than the Novel when done right, serving a long tradition of exceptional short…
Month: November 2017
Dunbar
Title: Dunbar Writer: Edward St. Aubyn Publishing House: Penguin Random House Date of Publication:October 24th 2017 Rating: 2.5 stars Time for a lesson in the History of Theatre and a few of the greatest actors of all time. Younger members of our beautiful community pay attention. You are about to learn what true acting means…The larger-than- life…
The Transition
Title: The Transition Writer: Luke Kennard Publishing House: Fourth Estate Date of Publication: September 7th 2017 Rating: 2 stars Well, I don’t know… I don’t know where to begin with this one. When you finish a book and the first thing that comes to your mind is “I won’t write a review on this one”, then things are quite bleak….
The Winter People
Title: The Winter People Writer: Jennifer McMahon Publishing House: Anchor Date of Publication: February 11th 2014 Rating: 3 stars “Sometimes they’re angry. They hate being stuck.” This was one of my most anticipated scheduled reads for the year. It felt appropriate for the beginning of the winter, since November calls for stories with supernatural twists. The title and…
The World of Lore….
Title: The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures Writer: Aaron Mahnke Publishing House: Del Rey Date of Publication: October 10th 2017 Rating: 4 stars ‘’The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.’’ H.P. Lovecraft Starting this book, I had the belief that nothing new…
The Toymakers
Title: The Toymakers Writer: Robert Dinsdale Publishing House: Penguin Random House Date of Publication: February 8th 2018 Rating: 5 stars ‘’Are you lost? Are you afraid? Are you a child at heart?’’ I never thought that there would ever be another…
Ghost Stories
Title: Ghost Stories Writer: Whit Taylor Publishing House: Rosarium Publishing Date of Publication: January 10th 2018 Rating: 5 stars Whoever thought that this little read would be about actual ghosts, excuse me, but sometimes you need to pay attention because the cover represents the whole tone of the written work. I mean, seriously….. 😦 So, this isn’t about ghosts…
The Good People
Title: The Good People Writer: Hannah Kent Publishing House: Pan McMillan Date of Publication: September 27th 2016 Rating: 5 stars. “She was the gatekeeper at the edge of the world. The final human hymn…
Caligula
Title: Caligula Writer: Albert Camus Publishing House: Gallimard Date of Publication: 1944 Rating: 5 stars ‘’A man can’t live without some reason for living.” It is often the case when I find no particular connection with the novels of highly acclaimed writers but their plays resonate with me and become a point of reference in my collection. Such bright…
The Girl In The Tower
Title: The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2) Writer: Katherine Arden Publishing House: Penguin Random House Date of Publication: December 5th 2017 ‘’Think of me sometimes’’, he returned, ‘’When the snowdrops have bloomed and the snow has melted.’’ Moving on to the 2nd book of the trilogy immediately after finishing the 1st volume was a no-brainer and…
The Woman Behind the Waterfall
Title: The Woman Behind the Waterfall Writer: Leonora Meriel Publishing House: Granite Cloud Date of Publication: October 1st 2016 …
What We See In The Stars
Title: What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky Writer: Kelsey Oseid Publishing House: Ten Speed Press Publication Date: September 26th 2017 Rating: 5 stars In high school, I was an excellent student in every subject that had to do with Languages, Literature, History and so on and so forth. Maths was the very bane…
This House Is Haunted
Title: This House is Haunted Writer: John Boyne Publishing House: Doubleday Publication Date: April 25th 2013 Rating: 2 stars ‘’Where are you?’’ ‘’But answer came there none.’’ Eliza Caine may have found the answer to her question at some point, but unfortunately, I never found mine as to why I was expecting so much from this ‘’ghost’’ story…A story…
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