Title: East Yorkshire Folk Tales Writer: Ingrid Barton Publishing House: The History Press Ireland Date of Publication: April 15th 2015 Rating: 4 stars ”May night is, as everyone knows, a chancy time of the year, the hinge between spring and summer, when all sorts of magic seep into our world from the Other. At that time it is possible to…
Month: March 2018
The Sunshine Blogger Award
I was nominated by the wonderful Marina from @Books Of Magic for the Sunshine Blogger Award. I cannot thank her enough and I cannot begin to express my gratitude for having found such a lovely, supporting book community that brightens up each and every day. I was extremely hesitant to create a blog. I thought that…
Twenty One Pilots Book Tag
This tag attracted my attention while I was browsing Arrvee’s beautiful blog https://arrveereadingthis.wordpress.com and I thought this should be fun😀 Without further ado…. 1. Stressed Out – What is a popular book that you have wanted to read for a long time that everyone has been talking about? Well, this answer always changes by the week…
Child 44
Title: Child 44 Writer: Tom Rob Smith Publishing House: Simon & Schuster Date of Publication: March 3rd 2008 Rating: 5 stars ‘’Brother, if you were a playing card what card would you be? Would you be an ace or a king, a spade or a heart?’’ What a month this has been so far… Gearing up the scheduled readings for…
The Rainbow Tag
I was tagged by my wonderful, dearest friend Marina from https://booksofmagic.wordpress.com to join in the Rainbow Tag. So, after a rather hectic, demanding day the idea to take some photos and search through the piles of books was refreshing:) It also gave me the opportunity to thank that the publishing companies are in dire need for…
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Take Place In Another Country
Lovely Marina from the extraordinary, super magical and dreamy blog https://booksofmagic.wordpress.com created a beautiful post joining Top Ten Tuesday, a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. There is a different themed post of top 10 choices every week and this Tuesday’s theme was just perfect! I adore lists, although I am the worst person when it comes…
Anya’s Ghost
Title: Anya’s Ghost Writer: Vera Brosgol Publishing House: First Second Date of Publication: June 7th 2011 Rating: 5 stars ‘’No one has the right to decide who gets to live or die.’’ I will tell you straight away that this is so much more than a comic. I thought it would be a cute tale, a whimsical ghost story…
Aetherial Worlds
Title: Aetherial Worlds: Stories Writer: Tatyana Tolstaya Publishing House: Knopf Publishing Group Date of Publication: March 20th 2018 Rating: 5 stars “It’s dusk, the heavy drapes drawn back. Outside, through the window, there is a crepuscular Saint Petersburg, early evening on snowy streets; a sleigh pulled by a courser silently whooshes by—who’s rushing, and where? To the theater? To a…
The Lost Path
Title: The Lost Path Writer: Amélie Fléchais Publishing House: Lion Forge Comics Date of Publication: March 28th 2018 (first published June 19th 2013) Rating: 4 stars ‘’Once something is in the forest’s clutches, it doesn’t easily let go…’’ After the highly enjoyable experience with The Ghost, the Owl, my current mood for interesting Gothic comic books brought me to…
The Encyclopedia of the Dead
Title: The Encyclopedia of the Dead Writer: Danilo Kiš Publishing House: Penguin Classics Date of Publication: May 28th 2015 by Penguin Classics (first published 1983) Rating: 5 stars ‘’When a lie repeats for a long time, people begin to believe.’’ This collection is an ode to the values of Literature. An opportunity to contemplate, to feel, to reflect. A beautiful,…
The Ghost, the Owl
Title: The Ghost, The Owl Writer: Franco, illustrations by Sara Richard Publishing House: Action Lab Entertainment Date of Publication: May 8th 2018 Rating: 5 stars ”She’s not a real girl. She’s a ghost.” ”Then why can we see her?” ”We can see them. It’s humans who can’t.” Sometimes we discover little gems out of nowhere. We, obsessed readers as…
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Title: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories Writer: Angela Carter Publication House: Vintage Books Date of Publication: 1979 Rating: 5 stars “My father lost me to The Beast at cards.” A recent discussion with Konstantin-one of my best friends in Goodreads- prompted me to read this collection a little sooner than I had planned. And it was an utterly fascinating…
Nightwoods
Title: Nightwoods Writer: Charles Frazier Publishing House: Sceptre Date of Publication: May 24th 2012 (first published 2011) Rating: 5 stars ‘’And that’s why we look back on that time so fondly from the dimmer years to come. Remembering the days when we were like Greek gods. Mighty and idiotic.’’ Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier remains one of my most memorable…
Lies That Comfort and Betray
Title: Lies That Comfort and Betray (A Gilded Age Mystery #2) Writer: Rosemary Simpson Publishing House: Kensington Books’ Date of Publication: January 30th 2018 Rating: 4 stars ”I’ve learned to prefer the starkest of truths to the most comforting of lies.” In my opinion, there is only one city whose gritty historical background can be compared to London’s and, naturally,…
The City Where We Once Lived
Title: The City Where We Once Lived Writer: Eric Barnes Publishing House: Arcade Publishing Date of Publication: March 6th 2018 Rating: 5 stars ‘’Sometimes, at night, I would light houses on fire. But noone particularly cared.’’ I thoroughly enjoy the power that Dystopian Fiction has acquired of late. The vast majority of the books under this category are exemplary and…
An Almond for a Parrot
Title: An Almond for a Parrot Writer: Sally Gardner Publishing House: HarperCollins Date of Publication: November 3rd 2016 Rating: 4 stars ‘’Alas, we players are unaware that the curtain goes up the minute we take our first gulps of air; the screams of rage our only hopeless comments on being born onto such a barren stage.’’ This novel was a…
Lancashire Folk Tales
Title: Lancashire Folk Tales Writers: David England, Jennie Ruth Bailey Publishing House: The History Press Date of Publication: June 1st 2014 Rating: 3 stars “Sir Lancelot, you may be surprised to hear, has a close association with the county. ‘Lanc’ is the Celtic term for a spear, and ‘lot’ refers to the people of the land, hence ‘Lancelot’s shire’ or as…
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