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Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories

by moonlight lady 05. August 2019 The Reading Corner 0

Roald Dahl was a famous writer from Wales who specialized in short stories for both children and adults. His works include such famous titles as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach or Matilda. But the book from which I come to speak to you was not written by him, but was ...

El sueño de la crisálida – book review

by moonlight lady 30. July 2019 The Reading Corner 2

Today I’ll tell you about Vanessa Montfort‘s latest book, El sueño de la crisalida. It is quite different book from what I usually read, but Vanessa was my teacher in the master’s degree and I liked everything about her so much that I couldn’t help reading it. This book is not translated to English yet ...

The Turn of the Screw – book review

by moonlight lady 09. July 2019 The Reading Corner 0

Before starting with this review I would like to ask you something: If you have read the book, contact me so we can talk about it! On this occasion I will review the novel by Henry James The Turn of the Screw. It is possible that this is the most difficult book I’ve reviewed since ...

A Court of Thorns and Roses – review of the book series

by moonlight lady 01. July 2019 The Reading Corner 0

A Court of Thorns and Roses is a juvenile fantasy saga written by the American author Sarah J. Maas. This is not going to be a normal review for several reasons: The first three books form an initial trilogy that I read a couple of years ago but I never review waiting for the fourth ...

The Man in the Black Suit – book review

by moonlight lady 27. June 2019 The Reading Corner 0

This book contains a story by Stephen King called “The Man in the Black Suit“. It is a short story awarded with several prizes which he wrote as a tribute to the story of Nathaniel Hawthorne “Young Goodman Brown“. About the book This edition from the publishing house Nórdica Libros is a collector’s item. ...

Esclavos de ceniza (Ash Slaves) – book review

by moonlight lady 25. June 2019 The Reading Corner 3

Esclavos de ceniza is a novel by the Spanish author Carlos Moya Chinillach. It is not his first novel, but it is his first foray into the world of fantasy. Synopsis In a post-apocalyptic and dystopian future, where the world is dying, a young Magical Blood princess decides to take action to try to ...

Vuelo de Brujas – book review

by moonlight lady 17. June 2019 The Reading Corner 2

Vuelo de Brujas is an anthology stories exclusively written by Spanish and Latin American authors. It is one of the books that I bought at the book fair and I came to it in a curious way. I was reading the summary of a witch-themed book that had caught my attention when I heard a ...

Irlanda – book review

by moonlight lady 04. June 2019 The Reading Corner 2

Ireland is the first novel by Espido Freire. As I told you in the previous post, Espido was in Valencia to talk about his new book. Among many other things, at the end of the talk there was a signature and I, from all her books, chose Irlanda for that purpose (I must confess that ...

Anthology of horror stories – book review

by moonlight lady 13. May 2019 The Reading Corner 2

Some time ago I discovered the amazing books the publishing house Alma Clásicos Ilustrados was editing along with illustrations and I started buying them. This anthology is one of those 24 books that they have already launched. The book is composed of 17 horror stories by different authors, among which the names of Bécquer, Lovecraft or ...

The antidote for “I have no time to read”

by moonlight lady 09. May 2019 The Reading Corner 4

Do you read short stories? I’m afraid that your answer is probably “no”. I’ve been feeling for a while now that from the few people who actually read there are not many who read short stories. I don’t get why. It is true that I am a compulsive reader and perhaps that is why I ...

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