A collection of Wilde’s celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitious biographers, the stupidity of the English – and his own genius. LIFE CHEATS US WITH SHADOWS. WE ASK IT FOR PLEASURE. IT GIVES IT TO US, WITH BITTERNESS…
A collection of Wilde’s celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitious biographers, the stupidity of the English – and his own genius. LIFE CHEATS US WITH SHADOWS. WE ASK IT FOR PLEASURE. IT GIVES IT TO US, WITH BITTERNESS…
Next to Du Maurier, Angela Carter is one of my all-time favourite storytellers. Her masterpiece The Bloody Chamber sees Carter spin subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in…
So, it’s been a while… A detailed explanation for my mysterious vanishing will be provided in another post, but the short story for my disappearance is that for the past few months I have been struggling greatly with major depressive…
Thank you to the team at Penguin UK’s Michael Joseph for granting me a copy of Jojo Moyes’ Paris For One and Other Stories via NetGalley. Paris For One and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by British novelist Jojo…
Happy Halloween, bookworms! Now that October is officially Octover and we’re gearing up for a holly-jolly Christmas, I thought I’d share the book that has had me so engrossed this spooky season. Hanover House by Brenda Novak. Thank you to…
An illustrated paperback that tells eleven exciting adventures about immortal warlock Magnus Bane. A fan-favourite character from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles, Magnus features in The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, City of Bones movie and the soon to…