My latest literary discovery that makes me excited is the Welsh writer Sarah Waters. She is a contemporary author who received critical and public acclaim with her historical fiction set…
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My best discovery of the year in the fantasy genre is Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law. It’s a trilogy, and currently, I’m in the middle of the second book, so…
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One of the most fascinating books I’ve recently read is Dune. Written by Frank Herbert in 1963 it challenged the standards of the science fiction genre at the time, and…
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For the past two months, I’ve been engrossed in the thrilling reality of the Red Rising book series. I initially picked it up because it was recommended as a novel transporting the…
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“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” – this catch phrase from Hamlet means that something is wrong in the situation. I say something was wrong with me if I didn’t…
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There are stories that look forward, and there are stories that look backward. The older I get, the more often the latter type seems to find me. Last year I…
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The publishers of the first complete works of Shakespeare claimed that theirs was the definite and final edition, absolutely true to the original, in contrast to the previous books that…
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For the past couple of months, my daughters and I have been living in the fantasy world created by Philip Pullman. Every evening we make ourselves comfortable on our cosy…
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The choice of book was pure chance. I’ve never read any novels by Stephen King and I’ve never taken any interest in the horror genre. What I was looking for,…
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There’s nothing like diving into a novel and finding yourself in a new world where you’re free to choose your part. You may wander through the events as an observer…