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An eerie blanket of silence wrapped the courtroom. The accused stood, confidently, without a trace of remorse on his rather innocence eyes. Without reading the grim report of a young married woman who went missing, then body parts being discovered one by one-- legs, arms, head-- none can even guess the suspect would be a youthful… Continue reading Missing Heart
“It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.” 45th - A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5) by Agatha Christie Rating: (BEST, GREAT read!) What is it about: Villagers expect a fun game after a Gazette announcement of murder, but when lights flash off, shots ring out, and a masked burglar falls dead,… Continue reading Book Review: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.” 41st - Room by Emma Donoghue Rating: (Good read, definitely!) What is it about: To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat… Continue reading Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
“A fall doesn’t break you.” 58th Curse Breaker: Enchanted by Melinda Kucsera Rating: (BEST, GREAT read!) What is it about: Secrets threaten, but magic kills. Plagued by sanity-twisting magic, Sarn must unravel a deadly mystery. But he’s prevented at every turn because his life is not his own. Haunted by one of the victims, Sarn… Continue reading Book Review: Curse Breaker: Enchanted
Pile of pans and plates all dried-dirt-kissed, beside untouched porous sponge. Dripping faucet, says tap, tap, tap. Below rusted sink mice munch, munch, munch. Blood-bathed body, lifeless eyes wide open. Silently decays, alone, badly broken. — Photo credit: Unsplash In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 8. --- Palette creates a vivid word painting within a brief… Continue reading Porous: A Palette*
"...the death of those we love is so much worse than our own death, and yes all love is a form of suicide, you destroy yourself, you surrender yourself, you kill something in yourself, willingly, if you really love." --- S.K. Tremayne, The Ice Twins 33rd - A book that takes place on an island - The… Continue reading Book Review: The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
“We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events," - S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep. 29th - Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson Rating: ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ (Good read, definitely!) What is it about: As I sleep, my mind will erase… Continue reading Book Review: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
I am good in planning, except when I’m reading, sometimes I follow where my mood is swinging, and here are the books I’m glad I picked on a whim. --- Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson About: Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity,… Continue reading Ten Books I’m Glad I Picked on a Whim
“The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train Thank you Holy Week's five-day-long break for letting me catch up read! 😀 18th – A book that's under 150 pages - Kindred Spirits What… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge Update: March
After I tried living in that stinky city fogged with asthma-inducing smoke for two long years, I am finally back to my bucolic peaceful home. I regret leaving, because apparently no one noticed that I left, no one knew why I left. No one was able to figure out how I successfully chopped her into… Continue reading Homecoming
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