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"Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés - to live happily, live hidden." Can any good come of longings that a person can never satisfy? If so, good for whom? Two corpses wash ashore in a picturesque Italian village, the violence that put them there is bound to a long held secret and two strangers living worlds … Continue reading Pages Review: “Of Magpies and Men” by Ode Ray (ARC)
"In magic, intentions matter." Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly. A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, … Continue reading Pages Review: “A Deadly Education” by Naomi Novik ARC + Journal Spread
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”― Stephen King I have always considered myself to be a huge fan of horror, though I mostly consume it through books and graphic novels. I honestly have very low tolerance with horror movies and I only watch those that are produced by creators … Continue reading Pages of Horror: A Halloween Reading List
"What is a shadow? It is the self without a face or a name, all outline and no feature, the self on the verge of being erased. It is the incidental child of matter and light. Look how it spreads itself on the ground, weary but weightless, unable to leave a trace." “At this … Continue reading Pages Feature: “Dark Hours” by Conchitina Cruz
"...fiction has the unique power of revealing something true." Amber—thirtysomething and barefoot—shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottage that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner. Eve Smart, the author of a best-selling series of biographical reconstructions, thinks Amber … Continue reading Pages Feature: “The Accidental” by Ali Smith
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