![]() ![]() Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past.Īrlen will pay any price, embrace any sacrifice, for freedom. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. ![]() Once, under the leadership of the legendary Deliverer, and armed with powerful wards that were not merely shields but weapons, they took the battle to the demons…īut those days are gone. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and mystery, and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. They possess supernatural strength and powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. ![]() And gigantic rock demons, the deadliest of all. The time has come to stand against the night.Īs darkness falls each night, the corelings rise demons who well up from the ground like hellish steam, taking on fearsome form and substance. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It’s irrational, it’s nutty, it’s like a family reunion. ![]() ![]() I mourned the ending of Harry Potter so much that I reread the entire series multiple times a year. It’s positively ridiculous to mourn the ending of a series but I feel like we’ve all experienced that once or twice. The other thing is that if I finish a series, I feel suddenly and irrationally bereft. Next thing I know, I have read 15 books and lost a month. I start with the first book or maybe even a book in the middle. The most dangerous of these are those that have multiple stories all connected together with a common place, a family or a town. Penny Reid and her series of books may or not be culpable here. It’s a good/bad habit of mine to fall deeply into the story and emerge only when the story has been tied up in a nice tidy bow. I have fallen down a deep reading rabbit hole. My normal schedule of two post a week has fallen swiftly by the wayside. Penny Reid’s Winston Brothers Series! Image created via Canva by you may have noticed that there have been fewer posts on the blog over all. ![]() ![]() It requires the reader to put some effort into understanding the story and the meanings below the surface. I think the narrative style of this novel would be my definition of ‘literary fiction’. The descriptions feel fresh and original, giving a sense of place and atmosphere. The language is carefully chosen, the meanings explored, reflecting Gretel’s obsession with words. For a start, it’s very well-written, with not a word out of place. I’m not sure how I feel about this novel. There’s also a monster in the river, the dreaded Bonak. The author pieces together the stories of Gretel (a lexicographer), Sarah (her wandering mother) and Marcus (I won’t say more about him in case I spoil the plot for you). Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, this unsettling novel is about words, wildness and water. ![]() ![]() He walks home, feeling excited about his discovery, and calls his mother-in-law, who encourages him to keep working. After someone mentions the work of animal psychologists digitizing the consciousness of animals, Bix begins to formulate a new idea. She informs the group and they are initially shocked, but still allow him to stay. One day after one of these meetings, Bix runs into Rebecca, a member of the group, on the subway and she realizes who he is. He finds himself unable to come up with his next major innovation, continually drawing a blank when he tries to envision something new, and hopes to find inspiration from these conversations. In disguise, Bix joins the discussion group, run by art critic Ted Hollander at Columbia University. Feeling restless, he goes for a walk and discovers a flyer for a discussion of the work of anthropologist, and prominent Mandala critic, Miranda Kline. The novel opens with Bix Bouton, CEO of tech company Mandala, sitting in his living room as he reflects on his past with his wife, Lizzie, remembering the aimless philosophical conversations they used to have in college. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. ![]() With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive independently. She’s alone-left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle-grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. ![]() |