‘All these sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.’
Tag: Book Journal
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton
A man wakes in the woods, screaming ‘Anna’ with no idea who he – or she – is.
50 Bookish Things for Post #100
Celebrating post #100!
#2 |First Lines Friday
‘I am in here.’
‘Severance’ – Ling Ma
Give me a dystopian survival journey OR a workplace centred coming of age tale. Not both.
‘The Haunting of Hill House’ – Shirley Jackson
Hill House is no place for the living
‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ – Shirley Jackson
London, November 2018 Overview Living in the Blackwood family home with her older sister Constance and her Uncle Julian, Katherine … More
‘The Robber Bride’ – Margaret Atwood
Three friends attend the funeral of a shared enemy and aren’t prepared for her surprise return.
‘Lady Oracle’ – Margaret Atwood
‘Most of the time I was on the side of the optimistic caterpillar; but in my gloomiest moments I would thing, So what if I turn into a butterfly? Butterflies die too.’
#1 | First Lines Friday
‘…I still have to waste my afternoon with Dr. Harrison at Mandela Lodge. The guy’s an idiot…’
‘Worst. Person. Ever’ – Douglas Coupland
This story runs on a humorously cruel engine.
‘Nomad’ – James Swallow
A thriller that ticks all the boxes.