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"In the deepest darkness, all it takes is for one point of light to shine..." Luc is a frail child who’s afraid of anything and everything, no thanks to his Italian grandmother and her dark bedtime stories. So when he disappears from his bedroom one night, everyone fears the worst. Has he been kidnapped? Did … Continue reading The Heart of Shadows – Europe Comics [1st Anniversary Post!!]
"The people seemed hurled on in a frantic action that made every hour forty-five minutes long, every day nine hours, every year fourteen days." The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" … Continue reading The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
“Books can do many things, but not everything. We have to live the important things, not read them.” 🌹 Nina George Hi everyone! I know I have been inactive here lately and it's mainly because life happened 😅 Of course I wouldn't miss the opportunity to do a July wrap-up, since it was such an … Continue reading Princess & Pages July Reads Recap + Birthday Haul
“The world was her manuscript. No surface was safe.” Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable … Continue reading Fresh and Freaky: VERITY by Colleen Hoover
"Manuscripts don’t burn." An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared … Continue reading A Diabolical Treat: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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