Saturday, June 12, 2021
Reading is a universally enjoyed activity. Many centuries ago, the human race used books as a source of information, as a source of communication, and later as a source of entertainment. To this day, there remains something indescribable about paper textures and the scent of glue in a newly-bound novel. […]
[Setting]: Alice’s dining room – verdant wallpaper, a set table, and frippery Alice was due to be compiling notes for her chemistry exam for the twenty-third week of the semester. She was due to be in the house, reserved from the claws of the sinister character of the outside world. […]
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens This book is, without a doubt, one of those with a large ego and 719 pages that demands your immediate attention and requires it for the next two months until the life of every word has been sucked out and fully digested. And yet, with its […]
J.R.R. Tolkien is the beloved author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but there are lesser-known tales he penned that deserve our attention. Here, then, is another masterpiece of his, a short story that most have never encountered: Leaf by Niggle. Really, the title should be read […]
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, our beloved former book-columnist, Alessandra Gugliotti, gave us her book recommendations of 2019. Now, fifty-two weeks and two days later, here, once more, are three of my own battered favourites to adorn your shelf. Here you will find volumes that will […]