February 2012
9 posts
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“It had not been a long journey, but the memory of it filled her like an...”
– ― China Miéville, The Scar
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“Sinful Folk is a well-paced historical mystery that kept me turning pages way...”
– Peter Heinrich, GoodReads — http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12401599-sinful-folk
Review: A Vivid Picture
All it took for me to spark my interest, was the historical note in the beginning of the book. It was hard to put this book down; I wanted to uncover the mystery behind these boys dying in a fire and why this women is pretending to be a man, hiding her identity from everyone in this medieval village. The characters in the book set out on a journey to find the truth; the path they take reveals more...
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Review of Sinful Folk: An absolute "Must Read"!
I read it without stopping as soon as I got it loaded on my Kindle! What a terrific read, and this from a person who is not a fan of historical fiction, mainly because it often has so many inaccuracies. For me, too, the measure of a compelling read is that I continue to think about it long after I have closed the book, and in this case, I have thought of it often. There were parts where I thought...
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“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
– ― Virginia Woolf
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“For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come,...”
– Virginia Woolf, The Waves (via bookmania)
“For me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could...”
– Paris Review interviews Pablo Neruda, Spring 1971
“The city is peopled
with spirits, not ghosts, O my love:
Though they crowded...”
– H. D., from “Cities” (via the-final-sentence)
