I don’t read a lot of Mystery/Thrillers. When I ask myself what I want to read, Mystery/Thrillers don’t come up. However, after reading Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series and Tana French’s In the Woods (loved – review to post soon), I have been wondering why that is. There is just something about a character who is [...]
#133 ~ The Sister
2 Jan By 5 Comments
The Sister by Poppy Adams, read by Juliet Mills Virginia Stone, a 70 year old spinster, lives alone with her moths at Bulburrow Court, her family’s mansion. She is an eccentric old woman who grew up during WWII and its aftermath. She is peculiar, most especially about time and tea. To say she is set [...]
#96 ~ Melmoth the Wanderer
27 Aug By 6 Comments
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin Earlier this year Devourer of Books posted about the Penguin Books giveaway and I quickly joined for my chance to get a free book. When I found out that the Penguin Classic book assigned to me was Melmoth the Wanderer, I had flashbacks to Junior Year Honors English [...]
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