The author did an excellent job pulling off the dual timeline. I was surprise to learn that The Lost Apothecary is her first book
Venice Beach has been classified as a “coming-of-age” novel, coming-of-age is not regarded as a synonym for adolescence or being a teenager
This book is brilliant, insane and twisted – a grotesque fable, sometimes funny & beautifully written. Even my daughter came to enjoy it after the first chapter
Bookish quotes roundup from this week, including Mark Twain and several others.
Sidney Sheldon was an award-winning writer, director and producer. His career included Broadway plays, motion pictures, as well as television work.
This book is a highly detailed, chronological account of how it all unfolded. I’m surprised I actually enjoyed a book which pulls from various media sources
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is fast paced and delightful. It was an entertaining escape into a world of puzzles and riddles
Recently the BBC World Book Club did an interview with Chilean author Isabel Allende. World Book Club was kind enough to arrange a time for me to call in.
Bookish quotes roundup from this week, including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and several others.
Pierre de Marivaux was a French novelist and playwright, considered to be on the of the most important playwrights of the 18th century.