From the author of The Days of Abandonment, The Lost Daughter is Elena Ferrante's most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet. Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
The Book of Life (All Souls #3) by Deborah Harkness published 1 July 2014 Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make … Continue reading The Book of Life (All Souls #3) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review
Title: The Eye of the WorldSeries: The Wheel of Time #1Author: Robert JordanGenre(s): Epic, High Fantasy, AdventurePage count: 814 pagesPublished: 15 November 1990 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: FableSeries: Fable #1Author: Adrienne YoungGenre(s): YA, Adventure, Romance, FantasyPage count: 357 pagesPublished: 1 September 2020 My review | Book | Audiobook These books are also … Continue reading November readings | Adventures on Land and Sea
For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little … Continue reading Book Review: Fable by Adrienne Young
"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else."Neil Gaiman
https://www.tumblr.com/wornoutspines/787343917065650176/station-eleven-trailer Writer: Patrick Somerville (Creator), Emily St. John Mandel (Novel) Director: Hiro Murai Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Nabhaan Rizwan, Lori Petty, Daniel Zovatto, Philippine Velge Station Eleven premiere review If you're interested in the source material, help us by getting them from the links below:
Review: Before I got a chance to watch this show for myself I was told to lower my expectations, which made sense because by nature Hawkeye is just human, not enhanced. Unlike WandaVision, Loki, or even Falcon and The Winter Soldier - that has one non-enhanced character out of the two title characters - this … Continue reading Hawkeye (Pilot Review) | The Hero’s Apprentice
"Nothing in life ever stay the same, good or bad."Cinderella (2021)
Rafe Judkins (Showrunner), Robert Jordan (Novels)CASTRosamund PikeDaniel HenneyZoë Robins Josha Stradowski Madeleine MaddenMarcus RutherfordBarney HarrisMichael McElhatton Review: I think I became aware of "The Wheel of Time" book series at about the same time that I started to read Brandon Sanderson's "Steelheart" - I was not even half-way through that book that I was trying … Continue reading The Wheel of Time (S1 Premiere Review) | Fast-Paced and Engrossing
https://www.tumblr.com/wornoutspines/786800352234225664/nightmare-alley-trailer Writer: William Lindsay Gresham (Novel), Guillermo Del Toro & Kim Morgan (Screenplay) Director: Guillermo Del Toro Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Paul Anderson, Toni Collette, Ron Perlman If you're interested in the source material, help us by getting them from the links below:
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