moonlight lady | diary of a bookworm

How many posts does a year fit in?

by moonlight lady 17. February 2020 Diary 0

For some reason today I felt nostalgic for 2019 and I decided to take a tour of last year through all the posts I shared. I always have the feeling that I am not active enough here, that I should post content much more often and, perhaps, make a calendar. Great has been my surprise ...

A visit to the vet

by moonlight lady 13. February 2020 Bunnies 0

Too many times I have heard this terrible sentence at animal shops when they try to sell a poor bunny: “and you don’t need to take it to the vet”. Do not believe it, IT IS A LIE. A bunny needs to go to the vet maybe more than a cat or a dog and ...

The Terror of the Blank Page

by moonlight lady 11. February 2020 Writing 4

The pen is mightier than the sword. Given this it is easy to think that there is nothing that frightens a writer, after all, we are armed with a powerful, albeit virtual, pen. But unfortunately it’s not true, we have fears and the biggest is to face the blank page. What is the fear ...

Compass writers, map writers and other mythological beings

by moonlight lady 05. February 2020 Writing 2

I couldn’t to tell you how many times I have been fascinated by looking at the organisation level some writers that I follow on Instagram have. It seems incredible to me how they can have planned in little sheets each scene to the smallest detail. It turns out that someone once classified writers into two ...

Favole – book review

by moonlight lady 31. January 2020 The Reading Corner 2

Favole is the first published illustrated novel by Victoria Fancés for Norma Publishing House. It is a novel composed of three parts that also contains a small independent story at the end: Stone Tears Set Me Free Frozen Light Angel Wings It is a novel with a victorian and romantic air that holds ...

The Wizard of Oz – books review

by moonlight lady 28. January 2020 The Reading Corner 0

This Christmas I got as a Secret Santa present with this beautiful edition of The Wizard of OZ from Edelvives Publishing House, illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe. ‘ve been quite fast and I’ve read it already. Before talking about it I want to clarify that it is only an adaptation of the original story and that ...

“I never leave a book halfway”

by moonlight lady 22. January 2020 The Reading Corner 0

How many times I’ve been proud of it; how many times I’ve boasted of that simple fact; and how many times it has taken me to a narrow dead end. If you don’t like a book, leave it You take a book that you wanted to read and, as you go along in the ...

Baptism of Fire – book review

by moonlight lady 20. January 2020 The Reading Corner 0

Today I want to talk about the fifth book of The Witcher saga, Baptism of Fire. As you well know, when I finished the fourth book I had to run to buy this one because the end was going to kill me with anxiety. Well, in that book that anxiety doesn’t disappear, but slowly fades ...

The best books of 2019

by moonlight lady 07. January 2020 The Reading Corner 0

I can’t believe that another year is already gone, I haven’t even realised when it has happened! Anyway, with both feet in a new year it is time to review 2019 to collect the best 10 books of the year! By clicking on the title of each book you can go to their respective reviews. ...

Hell House – book review

by moonlight lady 03. January 2020 The Reading Corner 0

After my first contact with the world of haunted houses with The Haunting of Hill House, I have a strong desire to continue reading and, at some point, write stories of the kind. For this reason, when I discovered the new edition of Hell House by Richard Matherson I could not resist and I bought ...