I came across this title by chance, as I was ( how surprising) wandering around The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore (again). I love spending time here, helping Penelope out and learning about how the bookstore works. You Will Safe Here was among the ARCs she had received, standing quietly on its shelf, patiently waiting for me … Continue reading You Will Be Safe Here, by Damian Barr
I don't read short stories very often, but Kat (@redwavereads) was so enthusiastic about this collection that I had to give it a try. At the time, Lucia Berlin was completely unknown to me, which, now that I have read her, seems a real shame. Berlin was incredibly talented. And even this falls short to … Continue reading A Manual For Cleaning Women, by Lucia Berlin
Faith has a thirst for science and secrets that the rigid confines of her class cannot supress. And so it is that she discovers her disgraced father’s journals, filled with the scribbled notes and theories of a man driven close to madness. Tales of a strange tree which, when told a lie, will uncover a … Continue reading The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge
🇫🇷Vous pouvez retrouver une présentation du défi Balzac ici. N'hésitez pas à participer! Toutes mes courtes chroniques de lecture balzaciennes seront publiées plus bas, au fur et à mesure de mes lectures. Je ferai de temps en temps des articles plus poussés sur des oeuvres particulièrement importantes à mes yeux, et vous tiendrai au courant! … Continue reading Chroniques Balzaciennes #DéfiBalzac / Balzacian Chronicles #BalzacChallenge
This book had been on my wish list like forever when I stumbled across Penguin UK's Instagram giveaway. I immediately got in and then forgot about it. How delighted I was when I learnt that I had won an ARC! So did The Toymakers live up to my expectations? Let's find out! Here is the … Continue reading The Toymakers, by Robert Dinsdale
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