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Are you having a hard time delving into the dense shelves of the fantasy genre? It can be confusing, trying to decide which books you might enjoy. There are a few great authors or novels that can help you find a love for fantasy. J.V. Jones writes an action packed, emotional series. There is a…
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An Introduction to Fantasy Novels- Part 1
Fantasy novels are books that have a certain unrealistic element, or books that don’t follow the normal rules of reality. This could mean a novel that includes magic or fantastic creatures, such as fairies. It can also mean a realistic story that takes place in a fantasy world, a world that is not Earth and…
The Declaration by Gemma Malley
A futuristic teen book, ‘The Declaration’ looks at what type of place the world would become if immortality became a reality. A drug has come out that can fix the cells in a human’s body, meaning that no one will ever die again. The drawback to this is that no one is allowed to have…
My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
My Heartbeat, a story about the shifting relationships and secrets between a 14 year old girl, her older brother, and her brother’s friend, has an interesting premise. This plot is what first caught my eye, and certainly kept my attention through the entire book. The main character, Ellen, loves hanging out with her brother Link,…
Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick
When I first started reading this novel, I was thrilled with it. A young girl, Jane, is kept as a slave, in a strange compound where humans seem to be in the minority. She works in a strange type of factory, but soon decides to take her fate into her own hands, and escapes, with…
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad learned English when he was in his twenties. He was of Polish origin and after spending a life at sea he settled down to write. Heart of Darkness is a novella, and his most famous work. It only runs to forty thousand words but it has provoked intense debate, the Nigerian novelist Chinua…
Gigolo by Golden: Book Review
Golden is the author of a very erotic novel called Gigolo. Gigolo is a book which is written by the man, Golden himself. He speaks about his very high profile life, divulging women with their every needs and fantasies whilst he enjoy to lavish in their rich and extravagant lifestyles, without spending a dime of…
Sophie Kinsella’s Wondrous Stories
Sophie Kinsella is an English author born on December 12th 1969. Her actual name is Madeleine Wickham with her pen name being Sophie Kinsella. Her many books have been published and greatly received by the public who read them, with one book (Confessions of a Shopaholic) being turned into a motion picture. This film gained…
Harold Acton-Publish Works
Harold Acton was a famous British writer, dilettante and a scholar. He has written and published many works. Harold works are Aquarium, An Indian Ass, Cornelian, Five Saints and an Appendix, Humdrum, The Last Medici, The Last of the Medici, Famous Chinese Plays, Modern Chinese Poetry, Glue and Lacquer: Constituting Four Cautionary Tales, Memoirs of…
“The Lottery”
Short stories are normally very enjoyable because the author portrays a tale in a very short time using vivid description and interesting dialogue. “The Lottery” is set in a small town in the U.S.A sometime in the twentieth century. In the story (written by Shirley Jackson) the town gathers in a large square and is…