If anyone else, like me, has been stuck in self isolation for a week and only managed to reread Harry Potter and other old favourites, here is a short list of books to try out: Persepolis Satrapi's graphic novel tells the story of her childhood in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. It is part of…
Wakenhyrst is the gothic tale of Maud Stearne's childhood growing up under the tyrannical hand of her father, a man descending into madness. The book starts with a journalist article of 'the first outsider who's met Maud and been inside Wake's End' for 50 years. Following this is a series of letters between Maud and…
The Keanes' German shepherd, who would often bark at the southwest corner of the dining room when nothing was there.— Leanne Shapton Everything I wanted from a book. Guestbook isn't so much short and sweet as short and fucking creepy. It's a series of subtle ghost stories. There isn't anyone in a white sheet jumping…
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