Author: emileeta
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The King in Yellow Book Review
“song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
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11 Free Short Stories To Read For Halloween… (or any time of the year)
What is it about spooky tales that we love so much? Here is a list of must-read short stories for Halloween—All available online FREE!
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What is Speculative Fiction?
Sometimes called ‘what-if’ books. Speculative fiction changes the laws of what’s real or possible as we know them and speculates what could be instead. #speculativefiction #whatif #bookblog #writersguide
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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels Book Review
If Sir Terry Pratchett and Jane Austen had a baby, India Holton is it. If that isn’t enough to make you want to go pick up this book allow me to gush about this wonderfully fresh and side-splittingly hilarious work of art. #bookreview #bookblog #bookstagram
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The Leviathan Book Review
Synopsis She is awake… Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison,…
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Her Majesty’s Royal Coven Book Review
A Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this the first installment of this epic fantasy trilogy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches.
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A Monster of Science: A look at Gothic Tropes in The Bacillus and Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
The gothic is notorious for exciting the fascination with all things darker and uncanny within its audience. Two texts utilising the gothic tropes of strange science, and the monster, which shall be compared are Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and H. G. Wells’ The Stolen Bacillus.
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Tales from the Cafe Book Review
Kawaguchi reminds us that despite our hardships and our flaws and our griefs, there is still hope and happiness to be had in our lives.
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The Guest Cat Book Review
Hiraide perfectly captures the gentle way cats (and pets in general) can have such a deep impact on people’s happiness and lives through modest everday examples.
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Piranesi Book Review
Synopsis Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid;…
Emily Morrison 