“The redness in her eyes reminded me of the lipstick she hadn’t worn in a while. I wanted to ask her out to the street vendors again, to eat skewers together, to become two jobless mindless dipshit girls wandering the city together. To feel how surely she took each footstep, how her heels smacked theContinue reading “TAILBONE – Che Yeun”
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AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS – Samantha Shannon
“Hope was now a dying lamp, and hers only had a little more oil.” “I am a wine-makers’ child – I will not waste the fruits of my labour by tipping them on to the ground.” The Bone Season was my introduction to Samantha Shannon well over a decade ago. While I still love theContinue reading “AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS – Samantha Shannon”
THE HOUSE OF DOORS – Tan Twan Eng
“Where does a story begin, Willie?” I asked. For a while he did not say anything. Then he shifted in his chair. “Where does a wave on the ocean begin?” he said. “Where does it form a welt on the skin of the sea, to swell and expand and rush towards shore?” “I want to tell youContinue reading “THE HOUSE OF DOORS – Tan Twan Eng”
A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT – Samantha Shannon
“We will all be stories one day, and I’d want someone to believe we existed. Wouldn’t you?” When I found out Samantha Shannon was returning to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree, I was already smitten; she is a special author to me because I’ve been along for the ride since theContinue reading “A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT – Samantha Shannon”
A Girl Named Tommi 