Tense from the start, I knew I was going to be quickly seduced by Alice Feeney’s new book. With her usual sharp prose and pithy retorts, the narrative swept me up and transported me into the story. Set in a particularly isolated island off the coast of Scotland, I felt like I was...
“So I opened it - you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily - until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot from out the crevice and full upon the vulture eye.” A comparison of two things with using like or as Simile the person who tells the story nar...
Mix historical fantasy with magicians, a circus (Le Cirque des Rêves), lyrical prose, and magic. It’s a must-read. Content Note: There is one implied bedroom scene and a moment of strong language—steam level 2.5. #8: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman Book Summary: The Owens women ...
the daily grind, harsh realities and an unforgiving, unrelenting pace, No Presents Please engrossed me and shook me as well. It is a selection of 16 stories of the lives of ordinary people that come alive with his prose and pathos. Easy-flowing language with simple expressions of … ...
anddarkin terms of moods. My top genres werefantasy, historical,and a tie betweenromanceandcontemporary.Nearly two-thirds of the books were adult fiction. 46% of my reading was via audiobooks (gosh, I love them!), which rose a smidge from last year. And a grand total of *drumroll*9 ...
There is probably a better term for this, but I don’t know what it is. I refer to a book of short stories, so put together as to feature similar themes and recurrent appearances of the same characters: Charles Baxter,There’s Something I Want You To Do,Penguin Random House, 2015, ...
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anddarkin terms of moods. My top genres werefantasy, historical,and a tie betweenromanceandcontemporary.Nearly two-thirds of the books were adult fiction. 46% of my reading was via audiobooks (gosh, I love them!), which rose a smidge from last year. And a grand total of *drumroll*9 ...