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Once More Upon a Time

Honey Badgers and Happily Ever Afters Author: Roshani Chokshi In a land far, far away and once upon a time, there lived a prince and a princess. Their legendary romance resulted in them ruling over Love’s Keep, a magical kingdom that was paradise on earth, so long as the love of its rulers lasted. Unfortunately, the princess became ill, and the only way to save her was through a witch. The price was the couple’s love. A year and a day later, the unhappy pair is getting ready to call their marriage quits and move from Love’s Keep, which no longer [...]

2021-07-31T13:48:40-07:00July 31st, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

Silent Patient, The

Fun, but Ultimately Just Another Thriller Author: Alex Michaelides Alicia Berenson was an up-and-coming artist. Now, she’s a silent patient at The Grove where a team of psychotherapists have worked for many years to find out why she shot her husband and why she hasn’t spoken since. Her only testament is a creepy, surrealistic picture that Theo Faber, the new psychotherapist, is convinced holds the clue to both the brutal murder and Alicia’s silence. Theo is betting his career on making a breakthrough with Alicia, and as his own personal life devolves, his silent patient beckons with the hint of a [...]

2021-07-27T17:01:06-07:00July 27th, 2021|Tags: , , , |

Old Curiosity Shop

Another Heart Rending Masterpiece Author: Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop is a powerful story of people: greed, addiction, innocence, evil, happiness in the midst of dire circumstances, ruinous dreams of wealth, and all the life and sorrow that happens in between. As with any Dickens tale, the characters are vibrant, both absurd in their extremities and recognizable in their very humanness, saints and sinners side by side in the drama of life and the pain of relationship. By Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857-1937) - Scanned from a print in my collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47402402 It begins with the Grandfather [...]

2021-07-25T21:34:25-07:00July 25th, 2021|Tags: , |
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