With straight-forward insight and wry humor, she shares the troubled yet strangely charming lives of the Mortmain family.
Top Ten Tuesday: Literary Settings I’d Like to Visit
The reason we read is to go somewhere else, if only in our minds. In some books the setting is merely a backdrop. But in others, it is pervasive. We can immerse ourselves in another world. These are eight literary places* I would like to visit.
*many will be in England. Control your surprise.
Summer Solstice
Yesterday I instantly remembered that it was Midsummer Eve, my very favorite day, and lay awake looking forward to it and planning my rites on the mound. …
REVIEW: THE UNINVITED GUESTS by Sadie Jones
The book’s uncanniness is quickly addictive. Just when it seems to find a tack, it changes direction again. Various scenes come in and out of focus and the author manages to demonstrate contemporaneous events very well. A very enjoyably out-of-body experience.
Most Underrated Films of the Decade: Part 1
I Capture the Castle (2003) Romola Garai stars in I Capture the Castle It has all the elements of a fantastic film — an all-star cast, fabulous production design, a gorgeous score (from Dario Marianelli) and a script based on a book by famed author Dodie Smith (she also wrote 101 Dalmatians). Told from the…